Yerevan isn’t Beirut or Aleppo: Serzh Sargsyan
We will not allow anyone to ruin the foundations of our state. Issues won’t be solved in Armenia by weapons and violence, President Serzh Sargsyan announced at a meeting with representatives of the authorities, clergy and society.
“Yerevan isn’t Beirut or Aleppo. Let no one attempt to import the solutions of the Cold War era of the previous century to Armenia from the Middle East. Let those who don’t understand this study the history of Lebanon’s civil war or the consequences of the ongoing Syrian civil war and make conclusions. I am grateful to all those political figures who indeed displayed themselves as political-state figures and by understanding all of this, voiced about the unacceptable nature of the happenings from the very first day. They, unlike the short-sighted, very well understand where the limits of political competition ends and where the Security of the Motherland begins. Sharp situations often act as a litmus: by pointing out the mature for the public and history and separating the short-sighted and opportunistic”, the President said.
He thanked the eminent of our culture, public figures, the real intellectuals, who understood well that by publicly condemning the unacceptable, by conveying a sobering speech to the gunmen, they really contribute to the solution of the problem without blood, really point out the path of salvation for these people.
“Sadly, the ones who encouraged ungrounded, by clearly realizing that they contribute to the destruction of the gunmen, couldn’t hold back their accumulated rage and profusely poured it in, only to create chaos, for perhaps the stirs to surface the dirt. This is disgusting. Thank God healthy reason dominates in our country. One clear truth dominated in Armenia, which, seemed like shouldn’t have been subject of doubt in the first place. And this truth is in the area of values, our perception of the world, our kind, our heritage. Anyone can dislike the authorities, can dislike the government, dislike the President and can be against the ongoing policy, but disliking is not at all grounds for the one solving issues with weapons. Leaderships will come and go, the encouragement of terrorism will stay like cancer and spread, will annihilate everything created by our people. This should be feared, this should be eradicated. Ladies and gentleman, dear youth, enco uraging terrorism is a deadly sin. For any reason, even the most grounded reason, stay away from this horror. Say no to terrorism and any manifestation of it, wherever it takes place. Say no for our country, our people, our generations and our Motherland. Say no to this cancer. Repulse it far away. Very far away”, the President said.
