ARMENIAN PREMIER CANCELS VISIT TO ISRAEL DUE TO POSSIBLE ARREST

news.az
Feb 17 2010
Azerbaijan

Tigran Sargsyan "Tigran Sargsyan has canceled his visit to Israel
due to possible arrest."

Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan has canceled his visit to Israel
due to possible arrest, according to Aykakan Zhamanak.

Officially, the prime minister was said to have a high temperature
due to which he was obliged to cancel the visit.

The newspaper refers to sources in the government saying Sargsyan has
canceled his visit due to "smear acts" while being the head of the
Central Bureau, in particular, money laundering via the banking system
of Armenia and transfer of a part of it to the Arabic countries. These
amounts could be used to finance international terrorism, the newspaper
reads. Israel is well aware of the smeary acts by Sargsyan, therefore,
the Armenian leadership recommended him to cancel the visit to avoid
possible arrest.