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V. OSKANIAN: IS THIS THE WAY I SHOULD BE TREATED?
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04:59 pm | Today | Politics
"I have not taken money from Armenia," Armenia's former Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanyan said in the National Assembly on Oct. 1.
"Donations and grants were given to Armenia at my request," he said.
Oskanian views the persecution as pressure on his party [Prosperous
Armenia Party -BHK] ahead of the 2013 presidential elections.
He warns that Armenia has reached a deadlock in all aspects and has
no resources to be a despotic state.
In his speech, Oskanian said he had never needed money and had enough
to use for his personal needs.
"Is this the way you should treat your foreign minister who served
in the office for ten years?" said Oskanian.
Nikol Pashinyan, an MP of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), said
he was surprised to learn that Huntsman Company had given US$2 million
donations to a statesman like Oskanian who knows many state secrets.
Pashinyan then asked a question concerning the March 2008 post-election
bloodshed and the inadequate police actions, he proposed given the
money donated by Huntsman Company to the families of March 1 victims.
Oskanian said he was ready to discuss the matter separately with
Pashinyan.
In the end, he warned the Republican MPs that the same fate is
awaiting them.
Mr. Oskanian and his Civilitas Foundation are accused of failing to
report US$2 million donations received from the sale of 100% shares of
Huntsman Building Products, LLC JSC owned by the U.S.-based Polymer
Materials and Huntsman International corporations, and for misusing
important portions of the funds donated for charitable purposes. The
National Security Service (NSS) press service announced launched on
May 25 criminal proceedings for "money laundering based on Article
190 Para 3.1 of the Criminal Code of Armenia."
Last week, Armenia's Prosecutor General petitioned the National
Assembly to strip Vartan Oskanian from his parliamentary immunity.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/10/01/oskanyan-speech
04:59 pm | Today | Politics
"I have not taken money from Armenia," Armenia's former Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanyan said in the National Assembly on Oct. 1.
"Donations and grants were given to Armenia at my request," he said.
Oskanian views the persecution as pressure on his party [Prosperous
Armenia Party -BHK] ahead of the 2013 presidential elections.
He warns that Armenia has reached a deadlock in all aspects and has
no resources to be a despotic state.
In his speech, Oskanian said he had never needed money and had enough
to use for his personal needs.
"Is this the way you should treat your foreign minister who served
in the office for ten years?" said Oskanian.
Nikol Pashinyan, an MP of the Armenian National Congress (HAK), said
he was surprised to learn that Huntsman Company had given US$2 million
donations to a statesman like Oskanian who knows many state secrets.
Pashinyan then asked a question concerning the March 2008 post-election
bloodshed and the inadequate police actions, he proposed given the
money donated by Huntsman Company to the families of March 1 victims.
Oskanian said he was ready to discuss the matter separately with
Pashinyan.
In the end, he warned the Republican MPs that the same fate is
awaiting them.
Mr. Oskanian and his Civilitas Foundation are accused of failing to
report US$2 million donations received from the sale of 100% shares of
Huntsman Building Products, LLC JSC owned by the U.S.-based Polymer
Materials and Huntsman International corporations, and for misusing
important portions of the funds donated for charitable purposes. The
National Security Service (NSS) press service announced launched on
May 25 criminal proceedings for "money laundering based on Article
190 Para 3.1 of the Criminal Code of Armenia."
Last week, Armenia's Prosecutor General petitioned the National
Assembly to strip Vartan Oskanian from his parliamentary immunity.
From: A. Papazian