HRAPARAK: PROSPEROUS ARMENIA LEADER VISITS KOCHARYAN IN MOSCOW
09:10 * 11.02.15
The paper says it has learned from sources that the Prosperous Armenia
party’s leader left on Tuesday for Moscow to have meetings with very
important persons, including second President Robert Kocharyan.
Gagik Tsarukyan reportedly stayed at Ararat Hayat, the hotel where
Mr Kocharyan usually stops in whenever he visits Moscow, and where he
was recently reported to have met with Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.
The paper says, citing its sources, that the premier himself told the
former president about plans to realize the proposed constitutional
reforms. It claims further that the PAP leader was also scheduled to
meet with State Duma Speaker Sergey Narishkin who is known to be on
quite good terms with Samvel Karapetyan, a prominent Russian-Armenian
businessman (owner of Tashir Group).
Speaking to the paper, a source from PAP said it is their leader’s
common habit to visit “geo-political centers” before big events. The
source reportedly referred to Tsarukyan’s trip to Brussels ahead of the
2013 presidential election, noting that European officials then voiced
their serious complaints about the level of corruption in Armenia.