Pavel Manukyan, member of “Sasna Tsrer” group, declared a hunger strike. His attorney Inessa Petrosyan told this 168.am. This night Pavel Manukyan and his son Aram Manukyan have been wounded as a result of a skirmish in the territory of the police station and have been transported to Erebuni Medical Center. Accusation was brought, the court has already approved the decision on arrest of Aram Manukyan.
“I don’t observe direct role of external actors in these developments, however, this doesn’t mean that they won’t make use of the situation and initiate some processes to realize their interests. Traditionally any internal political shaking in Armenia is automatically identified with Russia, on account of power and influence of that state in Armenia. However, this, maybe is the first case, when Russia didn’t need such developments on account of leading political interest in Artsakh issue and the unhidden intention to accelerate the settlement process.”
“It turned out that NATO member countries don’t believe in Russia’s words. It became obvious that it’s of utmost importance for NATO that the so-called Eastern wing has been touched upon, however, by saying Eastern wing NATO means the territory from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, including Georgia.”
RA Ministry of Health published photos of doctors taken as hostages by the gunmen–Margaryan Malina, Khechoyan Salvador, Tonoyan David and Tevanyan Norayr. Earlier members of the armed group took the abmulance brigade as hostage, which arrived in the territory of the Police patrol regiment.
“It is planned to continue extensive negotiations to resolve the conflict with the involvement of senior officials from each side,” said Warlick. “Progress in the diplomatic direction is required to reduce tensions between the parties.”
Mkhitaryan’s mother worked for the Armenia Football Federation and his sister is employed by Uefa. – “We’re a football family,” he says – and they can be proud of the boy they raised. It is not just a football brain Mkhitaryan possesses, one that helped him claim a total of 55 goals and assists for Dortmund last season en route to being named the Bundesliga Player of the Year.
The Healthcare Ministry issued a statement: “It is a worldwide unacceptable, condemnable phenomenon when an attempt is being made to raise a hand towards the professionals while they are conducting their humanitarian mission.”
Ashot Aharonyan, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the RA Police, in a talk with 168.am urged to rely only on clarified, official information, “Information provided by the user you mentioned throughout last 10 days, didn’t correspond to the reality. I call to refrain from disseminating inaccurate information.”
How wounded Pavel Manukyan and his son were moved to the intensive care unit
“The relatives of the wounded have also urged to take them to hospital. The law enforcement provided all the necessary conditions. Later the gunmen called the doctor stating that the conditions of the wounded are critical, and after the doctors arrived in the Police station, they have been held hostages by the gunmen.”
