Newspaper: Armenia ex-official gives advice to diaspora businessman

10:38, 12.02.2015

YEREVAN. – Former governor of Armenia’s Lori Region, ex-Minister of
Transport Henrik Kochinyan has a new position, Hraparak daily
reported.

“He, several months ago, started working at the Hovnanian
International organization belonging to prominent [Diaspora-Armenian]
businessman and philanthropist Vahakn Hovnanian. This is a large, very
rich company; it has about 400 employees, and it is known in Armenia
as the Ltd. that has designed and built the Vahakni [Residential
Community] district [in the outskirts of capital city Yerevan].

“Henrik Kochinyan works there [, at Hovnanian International,] as
adviser, and he gets a pretty big salary.

“To the question as to specifically what projects he is involved in at
Hovnanian’s organization, Kochinyan responded: ‘With whatever,'”
Hraparak wrote.