Moment of silence observed at Cabinet meeting

Emil Lazarian 2022

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 11:06,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and ministers observed a moment of silence at today’s Cabinet meeting in memory of the victims of the Surmalu trade center explosion.

16 people were killed and more than 60 were injured in the August 14 blast. 2 people are unaccounted for.

A criminal investigation is underway to determine the cause of the explosion.

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