There is no point in reading moral-advisory and patriotism lectures to Zhirayr Sefilian and his associates. Their patriotism has no need to be proved. They proved it on the battlefield by selflessly and voluntarily fighting in the Artsakh.
I once again urge the armed group to immediately give up their weapons. We have been and we will be patient; life and health of every citizen of our country is precious to us. In this situation, we have not taken the “traditional” route. We have given the armed group an opportunity to take a step back. I hope they will come to senses. However we will not allow to make our entire society a hostage of this tense situation.
“I cannot understand a stance of a number of journalists (of course, not everyone’s) from Armenia and Azerbaijan. You want to overcome the conflict or to deepen it inventing news based on Your taste. It is a dangerous activity”, she said. She said at the press conference she was asked about the situation in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey, “which was more like a political manifesto which I had to disrupt.”
“We, as the leadership, will do everything possible to avoid shedding of blood of our compatriots in our capital, in our country. Much Armenian blood has been shed. None of us is insured from wrongdoing. The best way is the dialogue and listening to one another,” he concluded.
“RPA supports exclusively peaceful settlement through negotiations. Tragedy has been recorded, we have lost our Armenian brother, one of our defenders,” Eduard Sharmazanov said, stating that today number one issue is solving the issue through negotiations.
“We talked on different issues, he noted our observations, fixed our position, made notes on directions of all proposals saying he’ll come again to discuss related issues. He is free to submit his proposals to the public,” he said.
“This measure is in no way against democracy, the law and freedoms,” said Erdogan after announcing the state of emergency. He praised those who were killed fighting against the coup as “martyrs.”
“I may say that the existent situation in the country is tense, after the April war the authorities were stating that it’s impossible to continue that way, thus, reforms should be implemented, the opposition, the society and the Diaspora were stating exactly the same. I think, there are reasons, that ”Sasna Tsrer” group took that desperate step and appeared with an irresponsible statement. I can’t totally blame activities of that group, as freedom fighters, fedayis are found among them.”
“I believe it’s a matter of time and hard work. Nagorno Karabakh Republic really deserves international recognition. We have been building a democratic state for over a quarter of century that does not endanger the international community or any other separate state,” NKR President said.
“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.
