VARUZHAN KARAPETIAN RUNS HIS BUSINESS IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
May 18 2006

NOYEMBERIAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Varuzhan Karapetion, who was released
from a French prison after spending there 20 years for killing the
Turkish consul in 1983, is currently running a business in Armenia. NT
correspendent was informed at the Tavush regional administration that
V. Karapetian signed a contract with the regional administration on
leasing 60 ha of land outside the administrative borders of communities
for a 25-year period. These areas are meadows and pastures adjacent
to the car tunnel of the city of Dilijan.

According to informed sources, V. Karapetian also owns a car enterprise
that services the Ijevan-Yerevan microbus route.