"...LEVON TER-PETROSIAN SHOULD ANSWER TO BOTH THE PEOPLE AND THE POLICE FOR IT"
"Unfortunately, we couldn't avoid clashes. And we suffer losses", started his press conference Armenian president Robert Kocharian presenting his condolences to the families of the victims. "The latest developments showed that imposing of the state of emergency was necessary and I am sure that if we didn't declare it the number of victims would be more and the consequences would be more serious for Armenia", mentioned Mr. Kocharian.
The whole picture of the incidents will be recovered minute by minute. And it will give an opportunity to assess the incidents precisely.
According to President Kocharian, the participants of the events can be divided into three groups. The first group is the organizers. Mr. Kocharian divided them into two parts - the aggressive people that provoked collisions, i.e. Nikol Pashinian, and the people that understanding that the situation was getting out of control tried to calm down the demonstrators, i.e. Davit Shahnazarian.
The second group of the participants involves those who organized attacks on the police and used arms and explosives. "This group is mainly to blame for the victims", said the President.
"The third group is those who didn't participate in the attacks but actively took part in the robbery. "It will be unjust leaving aside the organizers and instigators to punish only these people, who became the victims of those rallies, too", added Mr. Kocharian.
"The rating of the country is seriously damaged", mentioned Mr. Kocharian and reminded that a month ago Armenia was considered as the most stable and developing country in the region. "We should take the liberty of taking a sober view of what happened and work together to recover both the country's rating and the attitude of the world towards our people", said the President.
Mr. Kocharian said that they should be sure that similar disorders would not be repeated before lifting the state of emergency.
What about authorities-Levon Ter-Petrosian dialogue the opposition rejected it. Almost all the political forces besides Levon Ter-Petrosian responded the statement of the newly elected president about the readiness for dialogue, and active negotiations are conducted for the future coalition government.
What about the fact that Levon Ter-Petrosian rejected to receive the Catholicos is surprising to Mr. Kocharian as with not meeting the Catholicos Levon Ter-Petrosian lost his chance to find a way out.
What about the probable restart of the rallies after lifting the state of emergency Robert Kocharian mentioned that the available disgrace is a result of Levon Ter-Petrosian's activity. "Levon Ter-Petrosian should answer to both the people and the police for it".
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By Hakob Chaqrian, translated by K.A.While the USA and EU are demanding from Turkey to stop the actions against PPK and withdraw their military forces from the northern Iraq, the searches of Azerbaijan aimed to finding Armenian provocations ...MARCH 1 DISTURBANCES CAUSED DAMAGE BEYOND REPAIR
By N. Muradian, translated A.M.According to the task of the President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharian urgent measures were taken to amend the damages caused to the Capital during March 1 vandalism and restore the normal ..."...LEVON TER-PETROSIAN SHOULD ANSWER TO BOTH THE PEOPLE AND THE POLICE FOR IT"
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Translated by L.H.AZERBAIJAN ASSAILS ARMENIAN FORCES IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
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- 1837 Birth of Gevorg Chumshkyan (actor). He died in 1915.
- 1880 Creation of "Hayuhyats" Benevolent Association in Tbilissi. It supported 10 parish schools and a kindergarten in Tbilissi. It operated for about 40 years.
- 1895 Sargis Kukunyan and his friends are exiled to Siberia and Sakhalin. He died in 1913, in Orlo's prison.
- 1896 Birth, in Tbilissi, of the actress Olga Maysoorian, one of the founders of Armenian state drama in Tbilissi.
- 1903 Birth of Constantine Lazarev, Major-General of the Soviet Army. In World War Two, he was Chief of Headquarters and Division Commander.
- 1923 Presentation of Armen Tigranian's "Anush" opera in Yerevans State Theatre with the composer at the podium.
- 1929 Birth of theatre and movie actor Edgar Elbakian. He died on 1988 08 31.
- 1948 Death of Stepan Ghambaryan, Armenian chemist and professor at Yerevan State University.
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