War veteran: "Armenia is sick"
Norayr Arakelyan, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, was only 21 when he was sent to the front.
Along with other veterans, Arakelyan was in Yerevan's Victory Park today to lay flowers at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, meet with friends and recall the old days.
"We won, because, as Stalin said, our cause was just. Only Armenia had 175 heroes who were fearless boys like us," he said and recalled a German prisoner who had clothes in his bags.
"Aren't you ashamed of yourself. Instead of filling your bag with bullets and grenades, you decided to disguise yourself and flee away?" Arakelyan told the German soldier.
The 91-year-old war veteran regrets that veterans are not honoured properly.
"It was our victory that laid the groundwork for further wins. Apparently, Armenia is sick today, therefore we are not esteemed," he said shrugging his shoulders.
