Acting Prime Minister: The incident in Karaganda has no inter-ethnic  undertones

ArmInfo. The incident in the Kazakh city of Karaganda cannot have inter-ethnic overtones, it's just manipulation. Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan  said this yesterday in the conversation with journalists after the  meeting of the faction of the "My Step" bloc.

"First of all, I would like to express my condolences to the  relatives and friends of the deceased and emphasize that the incident  cannot bear interethnic overtones. As I was informed, the conflicting  parties were not mono-ethnic," Pashinyan said, recalling that in one  of the groups there was Kazakh by nationality, the incident can not  be inter-ethnic by nature. Nikol Pashinyan called on Armenian media  to publish information about the incident only after thorough  verification.

In turn, the leader of the "Bright Armenia" party, Edmon Marukyan,  called on the Armenian Foreign Ministry to invite to the Armenian  Foreign Ministry Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of  Kazakhstan to the Republic of Armenia and demand clarification from  him regarding the ongoing developments in Karaganda. On his page on  the social network Facebook, he wrote that "after the incident on the  eve of the New Year in the city of Karaganda in Kazakhstan, the  situation becomes uncontrollable and explosive, keeping our  compatriots in alarm, threatening their safety and security."  According to Edmon Marukyan, it is necessary to make sure that  official Astana is doing everything to protect the rights, security  and property of our compatriots and prevent the dangers threatening  them. "Preliminary observations show that Azerbaijanis managed to  inflame this interpersonal conflict into an anti-Armenian action,"  wrote the leader of the Bright Armenia party, Edmon Marukyan, adding  that according to the latest data, an investigation was launched on  suspicion of inciting national and religious hatred.

On the night of January 1, a fight took place in the restaurant  "Ancient Rome" in the city of Karaganda. 23- year-old resident was  killed in the incident, three more injured. The deadly brawl in  Kazakhstan has become a fertile ground for inciting ethnic hatred and  the spread of misinformation. Three Armenians were involved in it.  According to the latest data, 7 people were detained on the fact of  fighting and murder, five of them were arrested. It is known that  among them 1 Kazakh, two - Armenians, another Armenian is wanted.