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At the start of the briefings following the NA sittings, by the proposal of the Head of the NA With Honor Faction Hayk Mamijanyan the attendees honoured with one minute’s the memory of the servicemen fallen because of the fire broken out in the shelter of the engineer sapper company of the N military unit of the RA Ministry of Defense deployed on the territory of Azat village of Gegharkunik Marz.

Hayk Mamijanyan informed that today in the European Parliament the resolution on the resolution of the blockaded Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan, discussed yesterday will be voted. According to the MP, the text of the resolution being circulated in CoE contains a number of important records. The European Parliament, particularly, puts in doubt the circumstance of the Azerbaijani activists being real activists., the formulation ‘self-proclaimed activists’ is used in particular, in the resolution. It is emphasized that the blockade is a violation of agreements of November 9 by Azerbaijan.

He also referred to the idea sounded recently by the RF Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the Republic of Armenia refused the deployment of the CSTO sub-divisions along the contact line.

Hayk Mamijanyan noted that, in fact, the following messages came from the two most important force centres – the collective Europe and the Russian Federation: the collective Europe once again underlined the importance of the principles of the Helsinki Final Act, which implies the realization of the right to self-determination, and the strategic ally of Armenia Russia, once again disclosed the fact that Armenia, in fact, rejected the CSTO support, which included deployment of the CSTO peacekeeping forces along the contact line, also armament support.

In response to the journalist’s question if the political responsibility should follow the fire happened in the military unit at night, Hayk Mamijanyan said: “At this moment, it is difficult to comment to what happened at night. The first idea that comes it at least, let us leave the boys’ bodies freeze, then make dirty this accident with politics.”

The briefing took place on January 19.