ArmInfo.The army is an integral part of the state and the public, and every event is undoubtedly connected with the army. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said this in an interview with Radio Liberty, answering the question of how rallies in the country are reflected in the army.
Sargsyan said that he cannot draw parallels between a protest action and the army service, but he certainly believes that everything happening in the country is connected with the army's combat readiness. "It's not just this protest action, but imagine what would happen if the protest actions really could paralyze the entire state system and, of course, everyone understands that the army's combat readiness can suffer from the paralyzing of the state system in the country ", the minister said.
To the question how the minister assesses the protests that are taking place in recent days in Yerevan, Sargsyan said: "To be honest, I foresaw that some political figures of Armenia, having experience of radicalization of events, will find this or that information reason for launching protests.On the other hand, I cannot answer the question what exactly is an informational occasion for these events. Over a year ago in our country there were elections to the parliament. The new parliament was elected and for the first time in many years it began to enjoy a fairly wide public All the shortcomings were eliminated during the elections, the opposition got its place in the parliament, the government was created, it presented its program, which produced a significant result in the course of the year. In any case, the executive power was formed, the activity of which gave a tangible result, it was the beginning of numerous projects, we have significant economic achievements, etc. Thus, I believe that the information reason was insufficient to initiate such protests. And I believe that these internal processes are more connected with the future than with reality, "Sargsyan concluded.