Enemy will get strong blow every time it tries to hit Armenian army from back – Seyran Ohanyan

The enemy will get a strong blow in the front every time it tries to hit the Armenian army from the back, Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan said in his remarks during the funeral of the pilots of Nagorno-Karabakh Armed Forces’ MI-24 helicopter shot down by Azerbaijan.

The burial of the three pilots of the downed helicopter - Major Sergey Sahakyan, Senior Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan, and Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan – was held at Yerablur Military Cemetery of Yerevan on Tuesday.

Seyran Ohanyan wished tenacity and patience to the pilots’ relatives and expressed his gratitude to the helicopter crewmembers for performing their duty honorably.

Commander of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Movses Hakobyan handed the awards to the pilots’ relatives conferred by Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan.