Ararat Mirzoyan comments on Lavrov’s statement on situation in Armenia
02.08.2018,
13:04
Ararat Mirzoyan, the first vice-premier of Armenia, commented today on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement on the situation in the country.
YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Ararat Mirzoyan, the first vice-premier of Armenia, commented today on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement on the situation in the country.
On July 31, Lavrov said that the situation in Armenia arouses Russia’s concern and Russia considers developments in Armenia as contradicting the new Armenian authorities’ statement that they have no intention to persecute their political predecessors.
Mirzoyan said today that his stance is completely in tune with what the Armenian foreign ministry has said and that he has nothing to add to it.
Armenia’s foreign ministry issued a statement yesterday regarding international reactions to the latest developments in Armenia.
In its statement, the foreign ministry says: "We are following closely the international reaction to the internal processes taking place in Armenia, conditioned by the formation of the rule of law and independent justice, the fight against corruption, which are the internal political priorities of the government. These processes are not interrelated with Armenia's foreign policy and should not cause discrepancies."
A Yerevan district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation.
The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential election, when then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan was declared the winner, angering the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and setting off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured.
Kocharyan is now charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons, and the agency has applied to court for a detention warrant.
The same charge was brought against Yuri Khachaturov, secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, who had been the chief of the Yerevan garrison at the time of the bloody events of 2008.
However, Khachaturov was released on bail, for AMD 5 million.
Also former defense minister Mikael Harutyunyan is wanted by the law-enforcement authorities as a defendant in the case.
He is accused of illegally using the Armenian armed forces against opposition supporters who demonstrated in Yerevan in the wake of the disputed presidential election held in February 2008. -0-
On July 31, Lavrov said that the situation in Armenia arouses Russia’s concern and Russia considers developments in Armenia as contradicting the new Armenian authorities’ statement that they have no intention to persecute their political predecessors.
Mirzoyan said today that his stance is completely in tune with what the Armenian foreign ministry has said and that he has nothing to add to it.
Armenia’s foreign ministry issued a statement yesterday regarding international reactions to the latest developments in Armenia.
In its statement, the foreign ministry says: "We are following closely the international reaction to the internal processes taking place in Armenia, conditioned by the formation of the rule of law and independent justice, the fight against corruption, which are the internal political priorities of the government. These processes are not interrelated with Armenia's foreign policy and should not cause discrepancies."
A Yerevan district court late on July 27 ruled that the Special Investigative Service (SIS) could hold Kocharyan for two months in pre-trial detention pending investigation.
The case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential election, when then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan was declared the winner, angering the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and setting off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured.
Kocharyan is now charged with toppling constitutional order in collusion with other persons, and the agency has applied to court for a detention warrant.
The same charge was brought against Yuri Khachaturov, secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, who had been the chief of the Yerevan garrison at the time of the bloody events of 2008.
However, Khachaturov was released on bail, for AMD 5 million.
Also former defense minister Mikael Harutyunyan is wanted by the law-enforcement authorities as a defendant in the case.
He is accused of illegally using the Armenian armed forces against opposition supporters who demonstrated in Yerevan in the wake of the disputed presidential election held in February 2008. -0-
