Armenian Defense Minister: "Citizens, detained in Azerbaijan, tried to escape from Armenian police"

The due announcement was made by Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Oganyan commenting on the detainment of four Armenian citizens on April 28.

The Defense Minister announced that the detained are citizens of Armenia, who arrived in one of the frontier military divisions of Armenia, to meet  their friend.

According to Oganyan, the incident was caused by the personal problems between the servicemen-one of them invited his friends to settle these problems. The clash occurred after their arrival and police was called.

"After police came these people tried to escape. One of the cars directed to the front positions and losing its way, found themselves in Nakhchivan", said Oganyan.

"We have contacted the leadership of the due Azerbaijani military part. The citizens of Armenia feel well and will be deported following definite procedures", said Oganyan.

The Minister said that due conclusions should be drawn from the incident, in particular, raise control over the educational works and level of discipline, especially in interpersonal relations. "We are ready to make conclusions. Criminal case has been investigated and those responsible will be punished", said Oganyan.

/Novosti-Armenia/

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