Asratyan: Houses were destroyed 13 years ago by retreating Azeris

[Tigranian Ani]

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
June 2 2006

SENOR ASRATYAN: `HOUSES WERE DESTROYED 13 YEARS AGO BY RETREATING
AZERIS'


According to the Spokesman of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic /NKR/
Defense ministry Sub colonel Senor Asratyan, the information
circulated today by the APA Karabakh Bureau on the fact that
`Armenians began setting fires to the houses on the territories they
had occupied in the Azeri Aghdam region villages of Yusifjanly,
Novruzlu, Baghmanlar, Sarijaly and Saybaly' is `an awkward propaganda
action'.
While commenting on the information on DE FACTO Information-Analytics
Agency's request, Mr. Asratyan said the information had nothing in
common with reality. In his words, the houses were destroyed 13 years
ago by the Azeri troops `retreating under attack of the Karabakh
army'.
Senor Asratyan also noted the Azeri party's affirmations that
Armenians had allegedly taken their property from the houses to the
cars first could hardly be taken seriously: `If someone was about to
do it, why should he be waiting for over ten years?'