Narek Karapetyan, chairman of the board of the “Strong Armenia” party, responded to the criticisms that refer to the involvement of foreign specialists in their security program, in particular, the participation of an Israeli expert.
According to Karapetyan, to ensure the safety of soldiers, it is necessary to cooperate with the best specialists in the world, regardless of their country. According to his presentation, the general involved in the program is considered one of the leading experts in the field of air defense.
“We have made great efforts to involve him and his team in the process of restoring and modernizing the air defense system of Armenia,” he said, reminding that a significant part of the Armenian losses in the 2020 war was due to the problems of the air defense system itself.
Referring to the criticisms, Karapetyan formulated the issue more sharply.
“If your son is at the border, in the positions, and “Bayraktar” flies over his head, will you say why you brought a Jewish specialist to shoot him down, or will you say that you did the right thing?”
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