“Replace the defense minister: how many killings and suicides have there been in the army?”: Karapetyan

October 06 2026, 12:00

Politics


Instead of focusing on defense, the defense minister is a political figure for the Armenian authorities, Narek Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia faction, said from the National Assembly rostrum.

“When the authorities had known for five days that an Azerbaijani had infiltrated Armenia, do you know what Armenia’s defense minister was doing? He was running an election campaign and taking part in electoral processes. Replace this man, he himself knows he can’t handle the job. How many cases of killings and suicides have there already been in the army?” he said.