Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in a video shared on his Facebook page, criticized remarks by Samvel Karapetyan that “our best compatriots are in a Baku prison.”
Responding to the statement, the Prime Minister said he had learned from the news that the “Kaluga oligarch” made such a claim.
“With all due respect, I do not understand why, for example, a teacher who has passed certification and entered the classroom today is excluded from the list of our best compatriots, or why a soldier who has passed certification and is guarding the border is excluded,” Pashinyan said.
” Why families who have lost their children for the sake of the homeland, as well as doctors who save lives within the health insurance system, are not considered among the country’s “best compatriots.”
“Why are so many of our best compatriots left out of that list?” the Prime Minister added.
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