ArmInfo.Acting Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan will continue to fulfill his duties until the appointment of a new head of the defense department. "I stated this earlier, I repeat again, I consider it unacceptable to leave my post until a new minister is appointed.
Nothing can stop me from fulfilling my job duties until the appointment of a new minister, and this, first of all, comes from the interests of the security of our country, "said Sargsyan. At the same time, he excluded his presence in the new government of Armenia both as defense minister and in other posts. According to him, this is based on his ideological, political and life positions. "I exclude my work with Nikol Pashinyan's team. I'm not ready to share political responsibility with Pashinyan's team, "he added at a press conference on May 9.
At the same time, he added that the Armenian Constitution does not presuppose the submission of a petition for resignation, and his powers will be completed immediately after the appointment of the new minister. At the same time, he added that the current leadership of the Ministry of Defense is preparing a 10-hour briefing for the new defense minister, which will detail all the activities of the agency and the projects being implemented. At the same time, he added that he is interested in ensuring that the new head of the defense ministry is successful, since this, first of all, is based on Armenia's interests, its stability and security. Sargsyan also said that he is ready to give any support to the new minister: "I remain an adherent of the position that in our country there should be issues around which there will be a unified position of the society." Asked about his attitude to the candidacy of David Tonoyan, acting minister of emergency situations, as a possible defense minister, Sargsyan said that he knows the latter for many years and together they have come a long way. <Tonoyan I know more than 19 years. He knows the Ministry of Defense well, he served here and has experience, knowledge. And for me personally it would be acceptable to see Tonoyan as defense minister. He will have the opportunity to conduct a comparative analysis of what has been done over the past 1.5 years and the effectiveness of this work, "the head of the defense department said. At the same time, he added that he was slightly surprised by Tonoyan's response to the proposal of the deputy from the faction "Yelk" Ararat Mirzoyan, voiced on the square, to assume the post of defense minister in Pashinyan's team. According to him, this reaction meant that being in the current government he leaves the doors open for such negotiations. "I personally have never done this. They consider it to be a taboo, but people think differently, live differently. This is his personal choice. In revolutionary periods, there are always thoughts about positions, "summed up Sargsyan, noting that he does not consider the events of recent days as a revolution, but characterizes them as a change of power.