ArmInfo. Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported on the results of the verification of information concerning Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan.Recall, the company engaged in the production of candied fruits, created by Tigran Avinyan, submitted an application in 2018 and received a grant of $ 35,000 from the Agricultural Development Fund. Previously.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, referring to the information that the Irigate company established by Tigran Avinyan, to develop the production of candied fruits, received a grant of $ 35,000 from the Agricultural Development Fund, said: "I have instructed to study the case materials and, based on the results of the research, I will make my conclusions, although I have my explanations for this>.According to Pashinyan, it turned out that the process of receiving the grant started back in February 2018 and was completed before Tigran Avinyan assumed the position of deputy prime minister. "What was required to prove. The process was completed before taking office, therefore, Avinian did not in any way affect the decision of the approval of the grant," said Pashinyan.
Earlier, the Hetq publication in a October 29 publication under the headline <LLC Vice-Permera received a grant of $ 35,000 for the development of the production of dried fruits> wrote that the company founded by Tigran Avinyan received a grant from the Agricultural Development Fund, already a former director whom – Gegham Gevorkian was appointed Minister of Agriculture in October. In response, the. Agriculture Minister Gegham Gevorgyan told reporters that this process began in February, when Tigran Avinian was not a member of the government. <He almost went through most of the stages of this process before being appointed deputy prime minister. And just the moment of confidential grant provision coincided with his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, "said G. Gevorkyan.