[ 02 April 2015 11:59 ]
Baku. Agha Jafarli – APA. Artur Grigoryan, the father of Armenian soldier Andranik Grigoryan, who voluntarily surrendered to the Azerbaijani side, has reaffirmed that his son was offended in the military unit where served.
He rejected claims that his son crossed into Azerbaijan because of family problems, APA reports citing armtoday.info.
The father said his son was tortured in the military unit.
“There were arguments within family. Andranik loved a girl, but I told him she was not the right person for us; she is high educated, we are not...We had this problem only, nothing else. In one occasion, Andranik came from the military unit very angry because he was tortured and bullied. Having found himself in an unbearable situation, Andranik abandoned his combat position and left,” he said.
Andranik Grigoryan’s mother Nelli Grigoryan also said family problems couldn’t cause his son's cross into Azerbaijan, expressing hope that her son would return home safely.
Grigoryan said that he surrendered to the Azerbaijani side as he was beaten and harassed in the military unit. His father confirmed it and said his son was regularly offended in the military unit.
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan accused Andranik Grigoryan’s family for Grigoryan’s crossing into Azerbaijan. The minister's statement caused discontent of Grigoryan’s family and the Armenian community. Just taking into account this discontent, Ohanyan recently told journalists that saying something about the reasons of Grigoryan’s surrendering to the Azerbaijani side is possible only after investigation and said nothing about the family problems.
Serviceman of the Armenian armed forces, Andranik Araratovich Grigoryan, born in Khojavand district in 1991, left the military unit and voluntarily surrendered to the Azerbaijani army on March 22 at about 13:50.
“I do not want to be the next victim of their dirty games. The horrific conditions in Nagorno-Karabakh, indiscipline in military units, lack of ammunition, shortage of food and medicine, conflict between the local Armenians and Armenian Armenians, officers’ bad attitude toward the soldiers and ensigns, disorder have worn me out. There are a lot of people tired of living in such conditions and wanting to cross to Azerbaijan like me,” he said.
