Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia (RA), Onik Gasparyan, issued a message on Wednesday.

"The statement by the Prime Minister of the Republic on considering me dismissed—by force of law—from the post of Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces has been published on the official website of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

My position is unchanged. Both the published statement and the whole process of dismissal from the post are unconstitutional, which once again confirms that a pro-patriotic solution to the current crisis can be ensured only as a result of the resignation of the Prime Minister of the Republic and early parliamentary elections.

I have petitioned to the RA Administrative Court in order to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and the law and to exercise force solely on the basis of law in the Republic of Armenia.

I will continue my service to the homeland and the Armenian people in another status," Gasparyan’s message reads in part.