Armenian Eagles Haven’t Used State Resources: Khachik Asryan

Recent media reports about Armenian Eagles, a fairly new patriotic NGO, have disgruntled and disappointed its founding director Khachik Asryan. According to those reports, the organization has allegedly used government resources and has coordinated forced recruitments.

“Looking into your eyes, I want to mention that during Armenian Eagles’ meetings, neither state nor government resources were used, and I say that proudly,” Asryan said at a press conference today.

“I say this with great pain, and I painfully refer to those articles where the truth is distorted. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I want to ask you, to call on all of you, to present only the reality when covering any event,” said he.

According to Asryan, since being founded two months ago, 8,267 sixteen-year-olds have come forward and joined the group of their own will.

Asryan denied those press which claim that some 200 youth have forcibly been recruited by the organization.

“We have 37 grade 11 students, and who’ve joined our organization with their own passports,” he said.

Asryan, however, had also something to be happy about: during its two months of existence, the Armenian Eagles has visited 37 communities and 22 towns.