Deputy Defense Minister Dismissed In Armenia

Emil Lazarian News

DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER DISMISSED IN ARMENIA

Interfax News Agency
April 2 2008
Russia

Armenia’s Deputy Defense Minister Manvel Grigorian has been dismissed,
the presidential press service reported on Wednesday.The dismissal
was ordered in a presidential decree, the press service said.

The statement by an opposition leader, Levon Ter-Petrosian at a
rally in Yerevan following the February 19 presidential elections,
claiming that Grigorian had switched to his side, might have stood
behind the dismissal, according to Armenian experts.

Demonstrators who joined the rally were protesting the outcome of
the presidential polls won by incumbent Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan.

The rally of Ter-Petrosian’s supporters deteriorated into unrest in
which seven people were killed and more than 260 were wounded. Over
100 protestors were arrested.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Disclaimer: This article was contributed and translated into English by Emil Lazarian. While we strive for quality, the views and accuracy of the content remain the responsibility of the contributor. Please verify all facts independently before reposting or citing.

Direct link to this article: https://www.armenianclub.com/2008/04/04/deputy-defense-minister-dismissed-in-armenia/

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS