Seyran Ohanyan on Sefilyan's arrest: Ask those who arrested him (video)
Although the Ministry of Defense does not possess any information about the missing soldiers, it is doing everything to keep their memory alive, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said at Yerablur Military Pantheon after a remembrance and commemoration ceremony in connection with the Day of Perished for Motherland and Missing in Action. “Each of us wants these families to open their doors one day and see them back in their homes,” the Minister told reporters. The National Assembly is discussing these days an agreement between Russia and Armenia on establishing a unified air-defense system. Many in Armenia fear that the deal will make Armenia dependent of Russia as Armenia will lose an important component of military independence. Seyran Ohanyan does not see anything alarming here. “The formation of a new air-defense system allows us to include in the in the Caucasus region and in our air defense aerospace forces and multifunctional fighters of the 4th generation of Russia's 102nd base.” Speaking about the purchase of Russian weapons and their supply of the Republic of Armenia, Seyran Ohanyan said, “We should not forget that this deal is different from cash purchases, because it is done according to its procedures. We have already signed 80 percent of contracts. The remaining 20 percent will be signed in the near future.” When asked about the arrest of Karabakh war veteran and commander of the Shushi special battalion Jitrayr Sefilyan, the defense minister gave a brief reply, “You had better ask the question to those who arrested him.” Minister Ohanyan also spoke about the numerous dismissals that occurred in the Ministry during his tenure of office. "Around 140 people have been dismissed from their offices in the past 8 years,” he said.
