Why was no one—including Defense Minister Suren Papikyan—from the Armenian authorities at Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan on Sunday, September 21, the Armenia Independence Day anniversary? An Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter on Monday asked Papikyan about this.

The minister responded: “Have you followed when I was in Armenia and when I wasn’t?”

And when asked whether he was in Yerevan on Sunday, Papikyan did not answer and left.