ArmInfo. Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan is sure that the words of the Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan on low-quality diesel fuel, interfere with the normal operation of military equipment during the April war are taken out of context.
"The words are taken out of context and comments are made. Said by the Prime Minister is very important and topical on the state control over the quality of products and private supplies. As the Defence Minister I attach importance to this approach, as private reserves, if necessary, are allocated for the needs of the army in times of crisis. And if we are not sure of the quality of the supplied fuel, there may be problems with the operation of machinery. Therefore, I attach importance to this statement of the prime minister", the Armenian Defense Minister said.
To note, on March 1, the Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan in parliament, responding to a question about why the customs do not allow batch of diesel fuel in 400 thousand tons, said the party is idle at the customs is the fuel for the stoves. "And this raises the question why Armenia imported a party of fuel for stoves, if in the country there is no demand for it, so it should be used for other purposes, for example, admixed with diesel fuel", Karapetyan said, opening brace of that in April this year, during the aggression of Azerbaijan in the Karabakh conflict zone the technique did not work precisely because of the poor quality of diesel fuel.
In response to this statement the prime minister, today, the head of the ruling Republican Party faction Vahram Baghdasaryan stressed that this fact should be the subject of investigation for law enforcement officers.
To get the ex-Defense Minister who has become a radical opposition Seyran Ohanyan's comments on this subject, were useless.