No one can threaten Armenia - premier 

ArmInfo.  Yesterday's events once again demonstrated the complete failure of the current  government in Armenia. This is stated in the statement of the  President of the Tashir Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan. 

According to him, sincere hatred towards the Armenian Apostolic  Church, indifference to national values, inadmissibility of healthy  criticism, a morbid desire to brutally suppress any dissent, has  become, unfortunately, an incomplete list of the "qualities" of this  government. "But Armenia has always and above all been famous for its  principled and fearless sons, and a government has not yet been born  that could break them. Yesterday, many rose up against injustice, and  I am sincerely grateful to them. My homeland and compatriots have  always been the center of my attention, the center of my family's  attention. It was, is and will always be so. I will never give up my  principles and values, because they are based on Armenia itself,  boundless respect and love for my homeland, our traditions, our  history, our Church. I am sure that with God's help we will unite and  be able to find a way out of the difficult situation in which our  country finds itself," the businessman and philanthropist said in a  statement.

The day before, police officers detained Samvel Karapetyan  immediately after he criticized the authorities' position towards the  AAC.

Touching upon the issue that the detention of the head of the Tashir  Group of Companies Samvel Karapetyan occurred immediately after the  businessman spoke out in defense of the Armenian Apostolic Church,  the Prime Minister noted that this statement was not about the  Church, but about the Republic of Armenia. "Some people are trying to  form an opinion that some people can come to the country and, as they  themselves say, do something with their own methods. Meanwhile, the  Republic of Armenia has specific levers to prevent such a development  of events. Armenia is a democratic state in which everyone has the  right to express their opinion, hold rallies, participate in public  and political life, but no one has the right to threaten the Republic  of Armenia, and in this case I will resort to the harshest and most  brutal means to prevent this," the Prime Minister said.

He noted that in Armenia many are trying to identify democracy with  the weakness of the government, but this is not the case. The  government will always respond appropriately.

The day before, immediately after Samvel Karapetyan's statement of  support for the Armenian Apostolic Church, he was detained by the  country's law enforcement agencies. The reason for this step was the  businessman's words that "if politicians fail to solve the AAC  problem, then we will do it our own way."