Armenia acting minister explains why officials need to stand up when Pashinyan enters the room

News.am, Armenia

16:19, 24.06.2021

There is no dictatorship in Armenia. It’s just that one needs to be courteous and stand up when the primary figure of the state enters the room. This is what acting Minister of Environment of Armenia Romanos Petrosyan told reporters after today’s government session.

Asked why government officials wouldn’t stand up in the past, the acting minister said perhaps the reason was the ‘velvet revolution’ during which nothing was imposed on people. “Now it’s a ‘steel revolution’, and yes, it will be ‘steel’ from now on,” Petrosyan added.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS