17/11/2014 19:28
D. Sanasaryan starts indefinite hunger strike at OSCE Yerevan Office
The spokesman for Heritage Party David Sanasaryan today went on an indefinite hunger strike outside the OSCE Yerevan office. David Sanasaryan posted a statement about that in his Facebook account.
According to Sanasaryan, he stages a protest demanding an investigation into the circumstances of the downing of Nagorno Karabakh Air Force’s MI-24 helicopter on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Karabakh and Azerbaijan. He also demands that the bodies of the dead pilots should be handed over to the Armenian side.
Sanasaryan stresses that “this issue is related not only to Defense Ministry”. He asks “the people” why the public does not take any measures when the bodies of the three defenders of the homeland could be torn to pieces by wild animals.
According to Sanasaryan, the issue will not be solved by emotional statements on Facebook, and Facebook activists have the opportunity to post them in the warmth and comfort thanks to the Armenian army.
“What have the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs done so far so that the bodies of the helicopter crew members could be returned peacefully? Even if they did something, it was not enough. The men’ bodies are under threat of being torn to pieces, if this has not already happened…,” Sanasaryan wrote.
He also said that unconditionally trusting the Armenian army, D. Sanasaryan expresses his anger and demands outside the OSCE Yerevan Office and goes on an indefinite hunger strike until the bodies of the Armenian servicemen are returned.
“As a demobilized intelligence officer and an Armenian soldier, I urge Defense Ministry not to view it as a provocation and do its job without haste so as not to make mistakes… I believe your sober and fresh decisions,” Sanasaryan wrote.
Around 1:45 pm on November 12, a MI-24 helicopter of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s Air Force was shot down during a training flight in the airspace over the eastern section of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border as a result of a ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani armed forces. The incident site is in close vicinity of the Line of Contact. After the incident the Azerbaijani side continues heavy gunfire on the area.