February 15, 2001 - 21:42 AMT
LAYWERS DEFEND THE INTERESTS OF SARKISIANS
YEREVAN, February 15. /Mediamax/. The trial of the case of "October 27" began today in Yerevan. The widow of the killed speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Karen Demirchian, Rima Demirchian, as well as deputies of the Armenian parliament are present in the courtroom
The mother and brother of Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, killed as a result of the terrorist act, preferred not to participate in the trial. Aram Sarkisian, who headed the government after the death of his brother and resigned in May 2000, declared that he couldn't be in the same room with the murderer of his brother. Lawyers defend the interests of Sarkisians in the courtroom.
The court session proceeds. -0-