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    ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CHOCKED BY BEHAVIOR OF YEREVAN MAYOR - PRESS SECRETARY

    Interfax
    Dec 8 2010
    Russia

    Armenian President Serzh Sargsian has called impermissible the behavior
    of Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglarian who beat a presidential aide.

    "The president of Armenia has expressed his attitude toward such
    cases many times. Such behavior is unacceptable and impermissible.

    Especially when a government official is in question," presidential
    press secretary Armen Arzumanian told Interfax on Wednesday.

    Earlier on Wednesday Arzumanian confirmed to Interfax the scandal
    between Beglarian and a presidential protocol officer, Aram Kandaian.

    "Unfortunately, the incident did take place. The descriptions in
    our press are somewhat exaggerated, of course. For instance, there
    was no abduction or severe beating but the conflict did take place,"
    the press secretary said.

    The Armenian media says that Beglarian beat Kandaian after a Placido
    Domingo concert in Yerevan. The mayor's wife and her friend had taken
    seats next to the seat of President Serzh Sargsian before the concert
    while in line with protocol only the Catholics of all Armenians, the
    speaker of parliament and prime minister can sit next to the president.

    "The protocol section officer, Kandaian, asked Beglarian's wife to
    move to another seat which aroused her indignation and she complained
    to her husband and Beglarian decided to punish Kandaian," one of the
    reports said.

    After the concert the mayor drove Kandaian in his car to a plant in
    Yerevan and beat him.

    "Deputy head of the presidential administration and the president's
    son-in-law Mikael Minasian talked to Beglarian and made it clear to him
    that he had time until next Monday either to apologize to Kandaian and
    the entire protocol service or to resign," the Armenian media reported.

    The Yerevan city administration has refrained from any comments on
    the publications saying that the press secretary of the administration
    is busy.




    From: A. Papazian
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