Armenian PM’s spox denies media reports on dismissal of Defense Minister

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YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS. The media reports according to which Defense Minister of Armenia Davit Tonoyan has been dismissed have nothing to do with the reality, Armenian prime minister’s spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan told Armenpress.

“That reports do not correspond to the reality”, she said.

In her turn the defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan has stated that minister Tonoyan has not submitted a resignation letter.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

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