“He respected elders, was kind, extremely devoted to his parents,” – this is how Gulnar Khachatryan describes her son within the framework of Iravaban.net ‘s series “Immortal Victims of the Artsakh War”.

Armen Minasyan was born on July 6, 2001, in Vardenik.

With a beloved girl, business plans, and keeping big dreams and goals in his heart, on January 7, 2020, he was drafted into the army to serve his homeland. Armen had his hero, whose image he carried when he left to serve. He said: How can I not serve when we have given boys like Robert Abajyan? Armen served in Jrakan.

“He served well, never complained about anything. After serving 6 months, he couldn’t come home because of the pandemic. We couldn’t visit either. He was a driver. His friends say he wasn’t afraid of anything. One of them said – we hadn’t even seen such a film. During the war days, my son was able to neutralize weapons, took the hit upon himself so nothing would happen to his friends. He drove the vehicle with such skill that they escaped encirclement several times. Whenever I called, he would say, ‘Mom dear, everything will be fine,'” – tells his mother.

A fellow serviceman, who was in a coma for 6 months, after regaining consciousness, told Armen’s parents that they were surrounded, with enemies on all sides. They got in the vehicle and before they could move, the vehicle was blown up, only two people survived. Armen fell on October 30.