Chief peacekeeper of RA: We consider the participation of the  military in the processes that do not correspond to their direct  duties to be unworthy

ArmInfo. We consider the participation of the military in the processes that do not correspond to their direct duties to be non-milking. The commander of the  brigade of the peacekeeping forces of the Armenian Defense Ministry  Artak Tonoyan said this on May 29 at a press conference in Yerevan,  commenting on the situation when during the velvet revolution a  number of peacekeepers of the peacekeeping brigade joined the  protests in Yerevan.

According to him, the direct mission of the military is to ensure the  protection and security of the motherland, participation in other  processes is commendable, and has been criticized by the military  community. "We have a negative attitude towards such manifestations.  But, the military leadership decided not to subject these persons to  responsibility. The question came out of the agenda," Tonoyan  concluded.

To recall, on April 23, 2018, about two hundred servicemen left  military units and joined the protests in Yerevan. The then Minister  of Defense Vigen Sargsyan informed that in fact a criminal case was  initiated involving 209 servicemen. At the same time, he stressed  that all those who voluntarily left the places of permanent  deployment should be punished in order not to create new precedents.  However, after Sargsyan's resignation, all military personnel were  dismissed, and the commander of the peacekeeping brigade, who led the  rebellion, was promoted.