“International reflection generates from the interests and policy led by those states, meanwhile our own reflections and lessons learned are of primary importance. What lessons do we learn from our mistakes? Firstly, we should learn to accept our mistakes and not introduce our defeats as ‘moral victories.’ We need to learn not to cheat, not to possess what, being public, may be helpful to us all. We need to learn speaking with one another not from the positions of self-esteem, but from that of justice.”
“It’s difficult to see a connection between that abnormal phenomenon and politics, but it’s also difficult not to connect them with the developments to occur in autumn. On account of the circumstance, that the incumbent authorities face serious issue on gathering votes and winning, It’s not excluded that through such artificial methods an attempt is made to divert people’s attention from unfavorable socio-economic condition in the country, also with the purpose to weaken the wave of people’s discontent coming from it.”
The National Security Service of Armenia presents details on the arrest of Founding Parliament member Alek Yenigomshyan. Within the framework of the criminal case initiated in the National Security Service (NSS) regarding the July 17 ambush and capture of the Police precinct by gunmen, at 19:50 on July 27 citizen of Armenia Ara Alexander V. Komshuyan (Alek Yenigomshyan) was detained and later arrested at 22:30.
Alek Yenigomshyan was detained yesterday. His attorney Nikolay Baghdasaryan told 168.am. according to him, Alek Yenigomshyan has been detained in the National Security of Armenia (NSS), within the investigated criminal case. In his words, they applied to the Ombudsman to record the violations. Currently Alek Yenigomshyan is in the detention cell.
Crucial and weak points of our consciousness will appear in the decision of this crucial issue. It’s necessary to show the roughest mistakes made during establishment of a national state, which they started to build yet in 1918, and which was deprived of security strategy. This is what the Second Republic was like. Now about the third one.
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.”