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The parents of 5 military conscripts who died in non-combat conditions at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan on Saturday asked to ensure as soon as possible a fair investigation into the circumstances surrounding their sons' deaths and punish those responsible, Gohar Sargsyan, mother of deceased soldier Tigran Ohanjanyan, informed Epress.am.
Note, the official website of the Government of Armenia [AM] reported that Abrahamyan met with parents of soldiers who "perished in peacetime" Gohar Sargsyan, Anahit Mkrtchyan, Nana Muradyan, Irina Ghazaryan, Heriknaz Gasparyan, and Hovsep Muradyan. According to the official statement, the head of government "talked to them individually, listened to each parent's concerns and objections regarding the circumstances under which their sons had died."
"We will appeal to all those who will come to power and until we get answers to the questions of concern to us. As for what expectations we have, at the moment I cannot say. In 2009, I met with [then] Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan: that time too I thought there would be a fair investigation of the case, the guilty will be punished, but nothing was done. It's 2014, and we're in the same place," said Sargsyan.
She said during their meeting with Abrahamyan, they raised the issue of the investigating authorities' inaction.
"I said, Mr. Abrahamyan, today I have a grave, but I don't have my child's cause of death — how do you see this? I also asked: god forbid, if you were in my place, what would you do? August 30 will be the 7th anniversary of my son's death, and I am a mother who doesn't know her child's cause of death. We added, if the judicial system, the investigating authorities don't solve the issue, intervene so that we may meet with Supreme Commander [of the Armenian Armed Forces, Armenian President] Serzh Sargsyan and see what he says. The prime minister promised to help us to the extent possible," she said.