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    Vartan Oskanian: "If the leader of the protestors does not call them to
    order, Armenian President will be forced to announce a state of
    emergency"

    March 1, 2008

    Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian refuted
    today the information of victims as a result of the morning dispersal
    of rally of Levon Ter-Petrosian's supporters.

    Mediamax reports that Vartan Oskanian said this at a special briefing
    today, called in the building of the Presidential Administration. He
    informed that, according to the information of the Healthcare Ministry,
    31 people turned to hospitals, 6 of which - police employees. There
    is no threat to the lives of the injured.

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia refuted the statements
    on excessive use of force in the process of dispersal of
    the rally. According to Vartan Oskanian, the first column of the
    policemen, which entered the Square, aimed at checking the received
    operative information on the presence of a large quantity of arms and
    explosives at the Square. The Minister stated that after the column
    was attacked by the protestors, special forces of the Police had to
    start an operation on emptying the Square.

    "Use of force was of adequate nature, and this is evidenced by the
    absence of serious injuries", Vartan Oskanian stated.

    Talking about the situation, which is present near the French
    Embassy, where Ter-Petrosian's supporters are forming barricades,
    Vartan Oskanian stated that "all the decrees are already ready,
    and if the leader of the protestors does not call them to order,
    the President will be forced to announce a state of emergency",
    Vartan Oskanian stated.
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