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Alexander Arzumanyan's Volga and Eduard Nalbandyan's Car Worth
100-300 and Given by an Unknown European as a Present
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/27/113965/
September 27, 2012 16:46
Today when the implementation of the Foreign Ministry's budget was
being presented, Nikol Pashinyan, an Armenian National Congress (ANC)
MP, inquired of Shavarsh Kocharyan, a Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs, `The Minister of Foreign Affairs drives a car, which is the
most expensive car of all cars driven by the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs in the history of the third republic, he lives in luxury.
Don't you think that the minister should be a bit more restrained?'
Shavarsh Kocharyan explained, `The car of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs is a present. It was given from Germany; it is not a car
bought for government money.'
In Nikol Pashinyan's words, there are many persons in Germany - a gift
of one part of them may be acceptable, a gift of the other part will
mean something else. Shavarsh Kocharyan responded, `He is a German, we
will answer afterwards, we don't remember the name, nonetheless, those
issues are the focus of the Foreign Minister's attention.'
Later on, during a briefing with journalists, Nikol Pashinyan stated,
`What have we found out? We have found out that Eduard Nalbandyan's
Mercedes-Benz S-Class, a car worth roughly 150-300 thousand, is a
gift. We tried to inquire who had given that car as a present.
Shavarsh Kocharyan didn't know being a Deputy Foreign Minister; they
said he was some German. So let us finish today's work on this
optimistic note. And since Mr. Kocharyan was late for his flight (he
had said earlier that he was leaving for Yalta, H.J.) and since Mr.
Nalbandyan is not in the Republic of Armenia because of very important
issues, this is all we can assert given the results of today's
meeting.'
In response to a question why people usually gave such expensive cars
as a present , Mr. Pashinyan said that he couldn't make a comment, `We
assert facts. I think that Mr. Kocharyan should be aware of more
issues. We thought that only governors were not aware of issues, but
it turns out he isn't either.' www.aravot.am asked Mr. Pashinyan to
clarify whether he thought that one couldn't give such a car as
present for nothing, he replied, `I understand that you want to awake
a journalist inside me, but I cannot comment.' www.aravot.am inquired
of Alexander Arzumanyan, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, what
car he had driven at the time. He replied, `Volga GAZ-31, which had
been used by Papazyan and Raffi Hovhannisyan before me.'
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
100-300 and Given by an Unknown European as a Present
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/27/113965/
September 27, 2012 16:46
Today when the implementation of the Foreign Ministry's budget was
being presented, Nikol Pashinyan, an Armenian National Congress (ANC)
MP, inquired of Shavarsh Kocharyan, a Deputy Minister of Foreign
Affairs, `The Minister of Foreign Affairs drives a car, which is the
most expensive car of all cars driven by the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs in the history of the third republic, he lives in luxury.
Don't you think that the minister should be a bit more restrained?'
Shavarsh Kocharyan explained, `The car of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs is a present. It was given from Germany; it is not a car
bought for government money.'
In Nikol Pashinyan's words, there are many persons in Germany - a gift
of one part of them may be acceptable, a gift of the other part will
mean something else. Shavarsh Kocharyan responded, `He is a German, we
will answer afterwards, we don't remember the name, nonetheless, those
issues are the focus of the Foreign Minister's attention.'
Later on, during a briefing with journalists, Nikol Pashinyan stated,
`What have we found out? We have found out that Eduard Nalbandyan's
Mercedes-Benz S-Class, a car worth roughly 150-300 thousand, is a
gift. We tried to inquire who had given that car as a present.
Shavarsh Kocharyan didn't know being a Deputy Foreign Minister; they
said he was some German. So let us finish today's work on this
optimistic note. And since Mr. Kocharyan was late for his flight (he
had said earlier that he was leaving for Yalta, H.J.) and since Mr.
Nalbandyan is not in the Republic of Armenia because of very important
issues, this is all we can assert given the results of today's
meeting.'
In response to a question why people usually gave such expensive cars
as a present , Mr. Pashinyan said that he couldn't make a comment, `We
assert facts. I think that Mr. Kocharyan should be aware of more
issues. We thought that only governors were not aware of issues, but
it turns out he isn't either.' www.aravot.am asked Mr. Pashinyan to
clarify whether he thought that one couldn't give such a car as
present for nothing, he replied, `I understand that you want to awake
a journalist inside me, but I cannot comment.' www.aravot.am inquired
of Alexander Arzumanyan, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, what
car he had driven at the time. He replied, `Volga GAZ-31, which had
been used by Papazyan and Raffi Hovhannisyan before me.'
Hripsime JEBEJYAN