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We did not discuss the possibility of taking Sefilyan to meeting with gunmen - Hunan Poghosyan (video)

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The first deputy chief of the Armenian police, Hunan Poghosyan says the situation remains the same at the Erebuni police department which was seized on Sunday morning by a group of gunmen. Taking to reporters near the police building, Poghosyan said security forces continue to negotiate members of JIrayr Sefilyan’s Founding Parliament movement holding several police officers hostage. He added that s a result of the negotiations the gunmen had released one policeman and a citizen held as hostage in the building since yesterday. “We shall provide you detailed information in due time and in due order. I cannot say anything more at this moment,” General Hunan Poghosyan told reporters grouped outside the police building seized by anti-government gunmen for a second day now. The police official added that the demands of both sides remain the same. “We urge them to stop the escalation of the situation and surrendered to the law enforcement agencies,” he said. Asked whether Sefilyan would be taken to a meeting with the hostage takers, Hunan Poghosyan repeated several times, “No, he will not.” “Both sides should make compromises. Negotiations are under way, I have nothing to add,” he stressed. Speaking about the people who were detained in the aftermath of yesterday’s attack on the police compound, Hunan Poghosyan said, “We had all legal grounds for their detention, and all of them were given a proper response. Some have been subjected to administrative responsibility, others were invited to questioning.” At the same time, the first deputy chief of the Armenian police said they had not discussed the possibility of taking Jirayr Sefilyan to a meeting with the attackers. In reply to a journalist’s question whether Chief of the Armenian Police Vladimir Gasparyan did not participate in the negotiations, Mr Poghosyan said, “the Chief of the Armenian Police is not participating in the talks, he has been at the scene of the incident since the day of the attack.”