“WE ARE READY TO COUNTER-STROKE”
Support A1+!Today is the 16th anniversary of the Armenian Army. On this occasion RA President Robert Kocharian today visited the Yerablur Pantheon to pay homage to the memory of the soldiers of the liberation war in Artsakh. President Kocharian was escorted by Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Tigran Torossian, Prime Minister Serzh Sarkissian, Deputy Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian, members of Government, NA Deputies and senior Officers. The President laid flowers at the memorials to Vazgen Sargsian, Andranik Ozanian and soldiers that fell in the Artsakh war.
Robert Kocharian refused to answer reporters' questions.
“Every time I visit Yerablur I feel regret, pain and excitement,” PM Serzh Sarkissian told journalists.
RA Defense Minister Michael Harutiunian congratulated everyone on Army Day. “The Army is strong, effective and ready to defend the Armenian people, our state and the security of borders,” he said.
“Armenia is against the Karabakh conflict settlement through a war. But if Azerbaijan wages a war, we are ready to counterstroke. I want our neighbours to realise that we must live in peace,” Michael Harutiunian said.
