Police bans clergyman`s access to Kirants village
ArmInfo. The RA National Security Service has already notified the restriction of entry and exit of citizens to the village of Kirants, Tavush region. The head of the regional police department of the Republic of Armenia, Artur Mkrtchyan, told reporters about this on May 20, commenting on the accumulation of law enforcement forces around the village and the refusal to allow representatives of the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement into this locality.
According to Mkrtchyan, entry and exit from the village is temporarily prohibited due to work being carried out there related to the deployment of border guards in the border areas. He found it difficult to answer the question of how long the ban would be in effect, which, however, would not apply to village residents.
The police set up a three-row cordon in front of the entrance to the village, which caused bewilderment of the head of the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan.
"Why are you lined up like that?" the archbishop asked, turning to the police. The latter replied that they served the Republic of Armenia. When asked by the archbishop why the road was blocked, the law enforcement officers replied that entry was prohibited due to ongoing actions. "I am a resident of the village, I am the primate of the diocese. Let us pass, we will calmly approach the residents, don't create problems. If the villagers can do it, then everyone can," Galstanyan said.
Addressing the RA Minister of Internal Affairs Vahe Ghazaryan, the archbishop noted that by his actions he is preventing a peaceful march to the residents of the village of Kirants, which in itself is an illegal decision, like the entire process associated with the so-called delimitation of borders. "They prohibit the spiritual leader from meeting with representatives of his flock. Meanwhile, cars with Georgian license plates, as well as residents, quietly move around this so-called security zone. All this can be called in one word: lawlessness, since we are talking about a ban on movement for citizens. For whom and why did they bring the police troops here? These troops should go in a different direction, not this one. But since the authorities have destroyed all systems, including the security systems, what is happening can be called a manifestation of this. We will not leave here. , despite provocative actions on the part of the authorities. There is one person named Hakobyan, who is sent by both the chief of police and the head of the regional police department to organize provocations," the archbishop said.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan celebrates his birthday, on which local residents congratulated him.
According to Mkrtchyan, entry and exit from the village is temporarily prohibited due to work being carried out there related to the deployment of border guards in the border areas. He found it difficult to answer the question of how long the ban would be in effect, which, however, would not apply to village residents.
The police set up a three-row cordon in front of the entrance to the village, which caused bewilderment of the head of the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan.
"Why are you lined up like that?" the archbishop asked, turning to the police. The latter replied that they served the Republic of Armenia. When asked by the archbishop why the road was blocked, the law enforcement officers replied that entry was prohibited due to ongoing actions. "I am a resident of the village, I am the primate of the diocese. Let us pass, we will calmly approach the residents, don't create problems. If the villagers can do it, then everyone can," Galstanyan said.
Addressing the RA Minister of Internal Affairs Vahe Ghazaryan, the archbishop noted that by his actions he is preventing a peaceful march to the residents of the village of Kirants, which in itself is an illegal decision, like the entire process associated with the so-called delimitation of borders. "They prohibit the spiritual leader from meeting with representatives of his flock. Meanwhile, cars with Georgian license plates, as well as residents, quietly move around this so-called security zone. All this can be called in one word: lawlessness, since we are talking about a ban on movement for citizens. For whom and why did they bring the police troops here? These troops should go in a different direction, not this one. But since the authorities have destroyed all systems, including the security systems, what is happening can be called a manifestation of this. We will not leave here. , despite provocative actions on the part of the authorities. There is one person named Hakobyan, who is sent by both the chief of police and the head of the regional police department to organize provocations," the archbishop said.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan celebrates his birthday, on which local residents congratulated him.