Armenian Speaker Did What He Deemed Necessary, Armenian MOD Head Believes

PanARMENIAN.Net - «I would not advise anyone searching for some secret aspects in the retirement of Armenian National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdassaryan. He did what he deemed necessary,» Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan told journalists. In his words, differences in Orinats Yerkir party were about to happen long ago and Artur Baghdassaryan's move is quite explicable. As of businessmen, who left Orinats Yerkir, in Sargsyan's opinion, they joined the party hoping to gain power leverage. «However, now the party does not have power and they considered leaving it was a right move. As of myself, I will repeat again I was never member of Orinats Yerkir - either in 2000, or in 2001 or later,» S. Sargsyan emphasized.