YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS. The RA Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the incident on April 20 on the crossroads of Komitas and Tigranyan streets, noting that the RA Minister of Defense, as a member of the RA Security Council, is a person subject to state protection whose artificial restrictions on movement are unacceptable.
An official from the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia informed “Armenpress” that the statement states: “On April 20, we report the following incident on the crossroads of Komitas and Tigranyan streets in Yerevan:
The RA Minister of Defense, as a member of the RA Security Council, is a person subject to state protection whose artificial restrictions on movement are inadmissible. Accordingly, it is absolutely unacceptable when the Defense Minister’s service car is blocked by unknown persons.
In the mentioned case, on April 20, at about 6 pm, demonstrators at the intersection of Komitas and Tigranyan streets, including apparent provocateurs and juvenile offenders, not only blocked the RA Defense Minister’s office car, but also ignored the security service workers, civilized admonition to dismantle the car, hit the accompanying car, and one of the masked demonstrators tried to open the door of the Defense Minister’s car. In the current situation, the minister’s security staff had to open the road to the minister’s office car by force.
The Ministry of Defense, expressing its concern over the incident, also urges not to hamper the movement of vehicles of the Republic of Armenia and the security of the Armenian people due to the necessity of service. It can seriously jeopardize the uninterrupted work of infrastructures that ensure the normal functioning of the army every day. “