First president of Armenia calls ex-minister of interior Vano
Siradeghyan ‘great Armenian writer’

2008-02-02 11:44:00

ArmInfo. First Armenian president, contender to the presidential post
of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, when making a speech in front of voters
during his election visit to Tavush and Lori regions, supported the
former "omnipotent" minister of interior Vano Siradeghyan in an
uncovered manner. The latter is on the international wanted list for
having organized a number of serious crimes.

Making a speech in Koti village, Ter-Petrosyan came down on his
political rival Serzh Sargsyan and accused him of exiling "the great
native of Koti, the greatest modern Armenian writer after Aghasi
Ayvazian and Hrant Matevosyan". He promised to put the village’s
inhabitants to shame "if Serzh Sargsyan gets even one vote". To note,
the state’s ex-president had recalled his close teammate, who is
abroad, during his election speeches earlier, too. However, he gave
such a positive public assessment to Siradeghyan for the first time on
February 1, after their practically concurring resignation in 1998.