PPA LEADER BELIEVES THAT "IF THERE IS INFORMATION ON THE MEETING OF TER-PETROSIAN WITH MEDVEDEV, THIS MEANS THAT THE MEETING TOOK PLACE"

Mediamax
February 13, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Leader of the People’s Party of Armenia (PPA)
Stepan Demirchian believes that "if there is information on the
meeting of Ter-Petrosian with Medvedev, this means that the meeting
took place".

Mediamax reports that the Russian "Kommersant" newspaper reads this
today, commenting on the statements of certain Armenian media,
according to which the presidential candidate in Armenia Levon
Ter-Petrosian was received by the Russian First Vice-Prime Minister
Dmitri Medvedev.

"We did not manage to have this information confirmed in the staff
of Mr. Medvedev – yesterday the Russian presidential candidate
with his team left for a regular trip to Russian regions. However,
the closest supporters of Ter-Petrosian argue that the meeting took
place. "The visit was successful. Our candidate was received at the
highest level and I can say that after the election of Ter-Petrosian
the relations with Russia will rise to a new level", Leader of the
People’s Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchian stated. What concerns the
meeting of Ter-Petrosian and Medvedev, according to the PPA Leader,
"if there is such information, this means that the meeting took
place". Mr. Demirchian categorically refused to make other comments
on this topic", "Kommersant" reads.