“Sayad wasn’t a demonstrator, he was on his way to the uncle’s house, who was timely back from Moscow and was staying at a relative, living in Sari Tagh. As there were no routes for public transportation, they were closed, he decided to go on foot, not knowing there would be a protest on that part of the district. He didn’t manage to pass, as there were explosions. As a result, he received injury on the eye, which has been extracted.”
“Maria Zakharova mentioned that Turkey can have a positive investment in the conflict settlement process, as it has repeatedly supported Azerbaijan’s activities. I perceive Zakharova’s remarks this way, it’s clear that Turkey won’t become a participant to negotiation format, Armenia will be against, and even in case of such a perspective Armenia won’t allow it. Russia hasn’t changed its policy, essence of which is balance maintenance between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and Turkey will divert that balance, which isn’t beneficial for Russia,” Russian Turkologist said.
The Defense Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh as result of ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan, at 23:25 on July 29, 20 year old soldier Hrach V. Gevorgyan was wounded in one of the eastern military positions of the Defense Army of Nagorno Karabakh.
People are being detained from Sari Tagh. As “Azatutyun” Radio reporter Hovhannes Movsisyan reports the red berets forcedly detain people from the street. The reporter informs that the policemen in civilian clothes attacked on the demonstrators, hit them on hands and heads. The reporter of “Azatutyun” Radio informs, that he was also attacked on hands and head. He informs that violence has been used towards other reporters as well. According to the latter their equipment was partially damaged. According to the reporter lots of ambulance cars are leaving Sari Tagh.
The National Security Service has apprehended persons criminally assisting the gunmen who have taken control of the Police precinct in Yerevan. “In particular it was revealed that M.M – who is currently under arrest – has been in contact with gunmen Armen Lambaryan and Martin Hakobyan, and has planned to induce the rally participants by violence against on-duty police officers on July 24 in Khorenatsi Street to break through the barricades and join the gunmen and get armed.
“As Mr. Yenigomshyan allowed himself to discredit and call a liar my friend (Vitaly Balasanyan), let me introduce two episodes from the life of Mr. Yenigomshyan. In 1980 Mr. Yenigomshyan in Geneva planned a terror act with Syuzi Mahserejyan, the bomb exploded in the hotel room in his hands, as he wrongly switched it. Syuzi was in the room then. Yenigomshyan lost his hand and sight, but Syuzi, who is Monte Melkonian’s sister-in-law, equally has born the punishment with Yenigomshyan. Let him first reply, against who that terror act was organized.”
Overnight July 28-29 the Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime by firing various caliber weapons and 60mm mortar (2 shells) at the Armenian positions in the eastern direction (Akna) of Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.
“NATO member countries, NATO partners have rather hard position regarding Russia’s initiated hostile activities against its neighbors. It particularly refers Ukraine. NATO has tough position regarding its policy, according to which, any European country has a sovereign right to choose its defensive partners within its foreign policy. NATO is decisive in this issue. “
“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.”
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.