YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. Artsrun Hovhannisyan, spokesman of Armenia’s defense minister, presented the initial assessment of the defense ministry regarding the latest report of the Helsinki Association Vanadzor office, which refers to the April war.

During a briefing Hovhannisyan underscored the ministry will issue a final response after detailed study of the report, however he mentioned the initial assessment is that the April war report is unprofessional, which played on people’s feelings.

Speaking about concerns stated in the report, as to a tank lacked fuel and was unable to reach combat positions, Hovhannisyan mentioned it’s impossible. “The tank had 40-60 liters of fuel, which is enough to reach combat positions”, Hovhannisyan said.

Hovhannisyan said the report includes an interview with parents of one of the killed tank crew members, in which they had expressed suspicions that instead of their son’s corpse they were given “a handful of earth”, because police were guarding the coffin and didn’t allow opening it.

Hovhannisyan assured that they definitely were not “given a handful of earth”, but added that in case of the tank getting hit, the bodies of the crew members, naturally, cannot be completely preserved. “From the beginning they had a bad attitude toward the defense ministry, and with this attitude they went to the grieving parents and attempted to extort some kind of things desirable for them”, Hovhannisyan said.

He also mentioned the Helsinki Association Vanadzor office has also issued another report, which included documented violations of the latest drafting. Hovhannisyan said the ministry will issue a clarification on that also.