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WikiLeaks: Armenian PM's advisor labeled oligarchs as people with
outdated mentality
September 3, 2011 - 11:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - WikiLeaks has released another lot of U.S. State
Department's classifieds documents, including a cable dated February
27, 2008 by former U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Armenia Joe Pennington,
who reported on an informal meeting with advisors to then-Prime
Minister Serzh Sargsyan - Mikael Minasyan and Levon Martirosyan - that
took place on the threshold of the March disorders.
Pennington said the meeting focused on the presidential election and
the ongoing opposition rallies.
The U.S. official expressed confidence that Serzh Sargsyan gained a
greater number of votes that the other candidates but informed of
violations that occurred during the elections, specifically during the
count.
According to Pennington, in the course of the meeting Mikael Minasyan
said that Serzh Sargsyan holds daily meeting with police commanders to
warn them against any use of violence.
As to the opposition, Minasyan noted that their leader, Levon
Ter-Petrossian, is a professional revolutionist, who had a role in the
USSR collapse. He said, Ter-Petrossian will resort to provocation
sooner or later. As to oligarchs, Minasyan described them as people
with outdated mentality and said that Sargsyan hopes to put an end to
their impunity.
Minasyan said that young, educated and perspective people are gaining
weight in the ruling party.
outdated mentality
September 3, 2011 - 11:02 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - WikiLeaks has released another lot of U.S. State
Department's classifieds documents, including a cable dated February
27, 2008 by former U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Armenia Joe Pennington,
who reported on an informal meeting with advisors to then-Prime
Minister Serzh Sargsyan - Mikael Minasyan and Levon Martirosyan - that
took place on the threshold of the March disorders.
Pennington said the meeting focused on the presidential election and
the ongoing opposition rallies.
The U.S. official expressed confidence that Serzh Sargsyan gained a
greater number of votes that the other candidates but informed of
violations that occurred during the elections, specifically during the
count.
According to Pennington, in the course of the meeting Mikael Minasyan
said that Serzh Sargsyan holds daily meeting with police commanders to
warn them against any use of violence.
As to the opposition, Minasyan noted that their leader, Levon
Ter-Petrossian, is a professional revolutionist, who had a role in the
USSR collapse. He said, Ter-Petrossian will resort to provocation
sooner or later. As to oligarchs, Minasyan described them as people
with outdated mentality and said that Sargsyan hopes to put an end to
their impunity.
Minasyan said that young, educated and perspective people are gaining
weight in the ruling party.