“If the authorities remain on their positions and don’t intend to go to an essential compromise, naturally, this means, they can’t leave the situation last long and simply will seek for a proper moment to attack, which we understand will have a tragic development and tragic ending. However, in any case, I want to hope that negotiations will move to the political field and will be exactly negotiations and not talks around some conditions with the participation of mediators, which can’t provide any result.”
“Lessons should have been learned long ago. Russia should have contacts in Armenia, not only with the leading group, but with a wider layers of Armenia’s society—universities, mass media, human rights organizations, NGOs, all political powers. Russia should understand that Armenia is not only Serzh Sargsyan. I don’t say Sargsyan is a bad or a good one, it should be decided by the people of Armenia. You should decide and clarify, but we should understand that Armenia is not him, his group and supporters.”
The Investigative Committee continues the preliminary investigation on the July 20 riots. Based on evidence, charges were filed against six people for taking part in the mass disturbances (Criminal Code Article 225, Point 2), destruction of property and violence against police officers.
The National Security Service of Armenia on July 25 has sent a call to the gunmen, who stormed the Police HQ on July 17, making it available for them. The text was published by Ashot Aharonyan, Head of the Public Relations and Press Department of the Armenian Police, on Facebook.
The statement says that President Sargsyan personally will be responsible for possible bloodshed and urges to supply the group with food, water and medicine as well as medical assistance. They urged the people of Armenia to gather on Khorenatsi Street to determine the future actions.
Delivering his speech on Khorenatsi street, Founding Parliament member Alek Yenigomshyan said, to shake the movement the leadership was applying to the policy of lie. And he denied V.Balasanyan’s statement that “Sasna Tsrer” group is going to lay down the arms. Yenigomshyan also denied the statement by Vitaly Balasanyan, according to which Jirair Sefilian doesn’t demand Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation anymore, “Vitaly Balasanyan distorted the reality. I was also present during that talk and that expression is out of the context,” Yenigomshyan said.
“Firstly, the territories which are under the control of NKR, Armenia are the guarantor of both NKR territorial integrity and our physical safety, there are people in that territory, how do you imagine those people leaving? There is no such an issue. It may be discussed, put on negotiation table, however, I’m sure people living both in Armenia and in NKR, all Armenians won’t go to that step. We have previously conceded,” Vitaly Balasanyan said.
Today prior to the press conference in the building of Police patrol regiment we observed how the policemen were taking food for the members of Founding Parliament initiative and “Sasna Tsrer” group to the territory.
“We reached to a crucial point that for the time being the situation is calm both by the law enforcement and the young men. I think this is the biggest pledge to our success, and I’m sure, both the authorities and our armed group will maintain calmness,” Vitaly Balasanyan told reporters, ensuring that everything will be “peacefully” organized.
He stated that the rebellion is developing slowly, it’s conditioned by a range of factors—despondent condition of the people, being not used to these methods, activity of political manipulators, who, each in his turn, or maybe according to the joint plan, intend to fade another uprising and lead the country to the direction they want—to the decline.
