TOP ARMY OFFICERS QUIT YERKRAPAH UNION

Armenpress 00:00, 25 February, 2008
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 25, ARMENPRESS:A cohort of top army generals and Colonels, led by Seyran Ohanian, chief of the general staff of the armed forces, abandoned on Sunday the Yerkrapah Union of Nagorno-Karabakh war veterans in protest against its involvement in politics. The move came after deputy chairman of the Yerkrapah and some other members of it voiced their backing to ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian. The army generals said in a statement that the organization should not meddle into process which bring no honor to defenders of the homeland.


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