United States strongly condemns use of violence to effect political change in Armenia
20.07.2016,
12:17
The United States strongly condemns the use of violence to effect political change in Armenia, U.S. Department of State Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said at a briefing in Washington D.C.
YEREVAN, July 20. /ARKA/. The United States strongly condemns the use of violence to effect political change in Armenia, U.S. Department of State Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said at a briefing in Washington D.C.
He offered condolences to the police officer killed in the attack on the police building and said Washington encourages Armenian authorities to handle the situation with appropriate restraint.
The US authorities, he said, are convinced that any use of violence for solution of political problems is always a bad idea.
An armed group stormed a police station in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday and took some officers hostage, demanding the release of Zhirayr Sefilian, the jailed opposition leader of Founding Parliament movement, and the resign of the president.
According to the police, one police officer had been killed and five others and one attacker wounded.
Later, some hostages were released as a result of intense negotiations.
Two top police officials, Deputy National Police Chief Vardan Egiazaryan and Yerevan Deputy Police Chief Valeri Osipyan, are among four officers who remain captured. --0----
He offered condolences to the police officer killed in the attack on the police building and said Washington encourages Armenian authorities to handle the situation with appropriate restraint.
The US authorities, he said, are convinced that any use of violence for solution of political problems is always a bad idea.
An armed group stormed a police station in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday and took some officers hostage, demanding the release of Zhirayr Sefilian, the jailed opposition leader of Founding Parliament movement, and the resign of the president.
According to the police, one police officer had been killed and five others and one attacker wounded.
Later, some hostages were released as a result of intense negotiations.
Two top police officials, Deputy National Police Chief Vardan Egiazaryan and Yerevan Deputy Police Chief Valeri Osipyan, are among four officers who remain captured. --0----
