Hakob Karapetyan, spokesman for Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan, on Wednesday denied a meeting between the mayor and Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan, responding to a report of the Haykakan Zhamanak daily owned by Nikol Pashinyan's family.
"When the famous article was published on Sunday, we responded as usual by saying that we "don't comment" on rumors spread by the yellow press,” the spokesman wrote on Facebook.
“However, in view of the widespread speculation caused by the disinformation, as well as the numerous inquiries from citizens and the media, we are forced to respond substantively.
“I officially declare that Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan has had no contact with Robert Kocharyan and has never met him. The article also made many other false claims,” Karapetyan said.