Jirayr Sefilyan is ready to meet Serzh Sargsyan
Jirayr Sefilyan, the jailed member of the Founding Parliament opposition movement, is even ready to meet Serzh Sargsyan to discuss the continuing hostage crisis. Sefilyan has made an appeal. “The appeal is not only addressed to his associates that continue to control a police building in Yerevan. He says it is necessary to do everything to prevent further bloodshed and is ready to meet the leadership of the country,” Alek Yenigomshyan, a member of the Founding Parliament, told A1+. Yesterday, he had a meeting with Jirayr Sefilyan and the armed group members who attacked and seized Erebuni police department yesterday morning. “As soon as they seized the building, they demanded a meeting with Sefilyan, urging law enforcement agencies to bring him to the building. But they demand was immediately rejected. If law enforcement agencies try to ease the situation, Sefilyan is ready to go to a meeting,” he said. Alek Yenigomshyan says the gunmen do not have an Internet access and are denied food. T the same time, he stressed that the death of Colonel Artur Vanoyan during yesterday’s events complicated the situation. “There are injured people among the attackers, too. One of them is in a serious condition, his name is Tatul. There is also a second injured but I do not remember his name,” he said. As reported earlier, one of the hostages held in the building was released at night. The attackers said they released him without consulting with Sefilyan as ‘a sign of goodwill.’ Moreover, they said Sefilyan was completely unaware of what happened at the Erebuni police building until they informed him about the attack on the phone.
