“This issue was raised yesterday in the US Department of State. There was an urge from our side to the Armenian authorities regarding resolving the situation professionally and with restraint. Now it’s time, that all Armenians display respect for the rule of law for the situation to resolve peacefully, which, in my opinion, is what everyone wants,” Ambassador Mills said.
“Honorable Zhirayr, we apply to you since we know that you appreciate and attach value to the opinion and plea of intellectuals. Today your friends, who are also our compatriots, have taken an extreme step by initiating and armed assault and taking hostages.”
Funeral of Artur Vanoyan, the Armenian police colonel, killed in the recent clashes at a seized police station in Yerevan, was held today in Abovyan (Kotayk region), in which Vova Gasparyan, Police Chief, took part as well.
The National Security Service once more states that the measures taken are specific and highly professional, thus, the persons organizing and conducting those measures do not need outside intervention and assistance. Armenian law enforcement agencies are on standby, however, till now there are no necessary prerequisites for them to engage.”
That seems like a perfect metaphor for the Avakians: He is one of the greatest record producers in the history of jazz, while she was a concert violinist and a leading figure in the world of contemporary classical music. A locomotive and a car are inherently different kinds of vehicles, but they both can transport you from one place to another and, ultimately, get you to where you’re going.
“Maybe one should at least edify to be able to judge what’s going on inside. From the viewpoint of social assessments, I think, day by day the crack of the society is expanding, which is inadmissible. We start to treat one another with hostility. The idea, which doesn’t correspond to ours is perceived as betrayal or disposition of an enemy—this is very dangerous. Intolerance is not principality, it’s a lack of brains, when you don’t think of implications,” the intellectual said.
“I guess environmental catastrophic warnings are not enough to temper our animalistic idiocracy. One thing is clear-civilization in its current form has run its course. We desperately need to figure out how to handle the human disease of violence toward one another. In the U.S. we need to see a culture of change from violent unilateral action to serving justice starting with police incriminations of those responsible for heinous crimes.”
“We want to see political change through democratic processes,” added Toner. “And so we would certainly want to caution anybody who thinks that violence is a plausible way to achieve any political aims.”
“The occurrence was qualified as a failed attempt of military coup. Military officers in Istanbul stopped the traffic on all the bridges, few movements were observed in different parts of the city. In Ankara, where I live, 2-3 military helicopters were flying rather low targeting some parts of the city, including the Police department of the Parliament. While attacking the Parliament building shooting from the helicopter was recorded. The eyewitnesses claim that civilians have been killed as well.”
“The probability of new war depends on a range of factors. The main ones are combat readiness of NKR Defense Army and clear dispositions of the public on unacceptability of the conflict settlement through force,” Bako Sahakyan stated.
