“Use of the term ‘decolonization’ was interesting to me, and unfortunately, use of this term is proper. Not a single post-Soviet country, even countries regarded as Russia’s vassals, appeared in such dependency from Russia. For instance, Belarus and its position in Russia-Ukraine conflict. Armenia’s authorities have totally failed Armenia’s foreign policy, not speaking of the domestic policy, economic policy dragged to a deadlock, that in half an hour Moscow solved the issue of failure of Armenia’s association with the EU. Armenia’s authorities have no other way out, than showing independence, sovereignty from Moscow, for instance, regarding deploying that very peacekeeping mission.”
“The term ‘terrorist’ hasn’t been used for this period. Yet two days ago those operations weren’t even named terrorist corpus delicti, and it’s so, if the operations are directed against the population, civil persons. However, if NSS uses such a term, they have facts that those operations were directed not only against the authorities, the policemen, but against civil persons as well. Use of these terms shows that they intend to apply Article 217, maybe not towards all the members of the group.”
“People moved forward a bit slowly and we had this settlement, however, this shouldn’t oppress our people. We realize, we’ll continue our struggle. Revolutionaries appear in prisons, then leave due to the victory of their people. It’s also a way of struggle. We love you, Armenian people, dear citizens, nothing can separate us, we don’t want bloodshed. I, Arayik Khandoyan, others, understood we can’t raise a weapon on an Armenian. We see our people’s victory. Let this sacrifice become a nourishing root for the struggle, which will lead to the final result.”
RA National Security of Armenia states, that on July 30 and 31 the terror operation on liberation of the territory of the Police patrol regiment is over. Special units of the law enforcement through their consistent and coherent operations made the members of the armed group lay down the weapons and surrender to the authorities. 20 terrorists have been detained. The territory of the Police patrol regiment has been totally liberated.
All members of “Sasna Tsrer” group have been taken from the regiment. Vitally Balasanyan, General, Artsakh hero, NKR NA MP, was the last to leave the territory, who throughout these days was conducting negotiations between Jirair Sefilian and the authorities.
Member of “Sasna Tsrer” armed group Varuzhan Avetisyan minutes ago told 1.in.am, that they’ll lay down the weapons at 20:00 and leave the territory of the police precinct.
Gunmen are waiting for Jirair Sefilian’s final words: the latter should say his final words—lay down the weapons and surrender or continue the struggle? Based on information at the disposal of 168.am, to all probabilities, the issue will be finally settled.
As reported earlier, medical workers of the ambulance left the police precinct today. At the press conference doctor Norayr Tevanyan and nurse Malina Margaryan replied to the questions.
According to the information at the disposal of 168.am medical workers taken hostage in the police precinct—doctor Norayr Tevanyan and nurse Malina Margaryan, succeeded to escape from the territory. On July 27 the two doctors Norayr Tevanyan and Salvador Khechoyan, paramedic Davit Tonoyan, nurse Malina Margaryan, who came to show medical assistance to the wounded in the police precinct, were taken hostage.
“We don’t want to be the bitch of any superpower”. One thing we learned from the protests in the past were how foreign powers were interested in using them as political tools for their own interests. We need to diplomatically shift away from unipolar geopolitics to one that sees everything in the interests of our homeland.”
