PanArmenian News
Dec 11 2004
6-TH CONGRESS OF UNION OF YERKRAPAH VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS HELD IN
YEREVAN
11.12.2004 15:24
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Settlement of the Karabakh issue should be dealt
with by diplomats, however, if necessity to protect Artsakh with arms
appears again, Yerkrapah will do it without hesitating a minute,”
Yerkrapah Union of Volunteer Soldiers Chairman lieutenant general
Manvel Grigorian stated at the Union 6-th congress in Yerevan today.
Armenian Prime Minister, member of the Yerkrapah board Andranik
Margarian, Republic opposition party leader A. Z. Sargsian (brother
of Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsian – the first Chairman of
Yerkrapah, killed in 1999), chairmen of parliamentary factions,
senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and
the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. “Members of Yerkrapah, who represent
various political forces will never resort to a split of the
organization,” A. Margarian stated. In an interview with journalists
he also stated that Nagorno Karabakh will never be part of Azerbaijan
and no proposal, which does not secure the population of Armenia and
NK will be accepted either by Yerkrapah or other forces. It should be
reminded that Yerkrapah (“country guard”) Union of Volunteer Soldiers
was formed ten years ago and played a considerable role in the
domestic affairs in Armenia. It unites representatives of various
political forces, representing both the authorities and the
opposition. According to one of the versions, the idea of naming the
union this way belongs to Armenian first President L. Ter-Petrosian.