"I SHALL STAY TET-A-TET WITH SERGE SARGSYAN"

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[05:18 pm] 03 September, 2007

New Times Party (NZhK) leader Aram Karapetyan’s first press conference
came as a cold shower after the summer holidays.

"The 2008 presidential elections will be comprised of two rounds. I
shall stay tete-a-tete with Serge Sargsyan in the second round,"
Mr. Karapetyan announced today. Then he added that undoubtedly he
will defeat Serge Sargsyan.

The NZhK leader doesn’t participate at oppositionists’ rallies as he
is confident of their failure.

He didn’t underestimate any oppositional force and assured A1+ that
he "will be able to beat Serge Sargsyan in the second round without
oppositionists’ support."

Aram Karapetyan says that he is free both politically and
financially. "Nobody finances me. I use my own money and I am
independent of anyone," he said.

Karapetyan didn’t care that he might be criticized for his announcement
by oppositional or pro-government forces and be accused of attempting
to split the opposition. Aram Karapetyan is more than convinced that
in case Levon T er-Petrosyan is nominated, he won’t appear in the
second round. "This is my personal viewpoint," he said without any
further comments.

Aram Karapetyan spent his holidays in Austria, Germany, the Chez
Republic, and Moscow and had a lot of interesting meetings. During
the meetings he came to know the rumors the RA National Security
Service had disseminated about him.

"Can you imagine, according to the NSS my mother is Jew and my father
is not dead. I am engaged in drug sale and my brother is a wanted
criminal," the NZhK leader concluded.