ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER INDIGNANT ABOUT OPPOSITION MASS MEDIA STATEMENTS ABOUT ALLEGED PREPARATION TO YIELD LOWER KARABAKH EASTERN DISTRICTS TO ADVERSARYMay 20, 2002 - 23:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsian has responded to the statements of some local mass media that Armenian authorities allegedly intend to yield the Nagorno Karabakh Republic defense army controlled territories of the security belt to Azerbaijan. "Even being a philologist I cannot find words to describe the degree of immorality of the actions of those, who spread such rumor!" - he stated. In the Minister's words, such talks are absurd and ridiculous. "I cannot understand how can people, who have never been on the territories, speak such things? I advise all those, who spreads the nonsensical hearsay, to visit the region and to look into the eyes of the soldiers, who guard the territories risking their lives," - Serge Sargsian stated.![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |