  Armenian PM: March 1 events revealed, but culprits remain unpunished March 1, 2023 - 13:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday, March 1 attended the opening of a monument dedicated to the victims of March 1 and told reporters that the case has been revealed, but the culprits have not yet been punished for various reasons. A series of anti-government riots took place in Armenia following presidential elections held in 2008. After nine days of peaceful protests at Freedom Square, the national police and military forces tried to disperse the protesters on 1 March. As a result, 10 people were killed. “But let me say that the fact that the murderers of March 1 have not been found yet does not mean that it will not happen,” Pashinyan said, according to Aysor.am. “One of the big problems is that, based on the proceedings of the criminal case, it has been proven that the preliminary investigation after March 1, 2008 not only did not make all the efforts to reveal the crime that happened, but also did everything to make the discovery difficult or impossible.” Pashinyan said a full and complete disclosure should be achieved.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
