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WHAT IS US AMBASSADOR'S VIEW ON ARMENIA'S OFFSHORE SCANDAL? - NEWSPAPER
July 12, 2013 | 07:52
YEREVAN. - US Ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern, on Thursday attended
the official signing of the letter of intent between the Armenian
Ministry of Justice and the USAID-funded Enterprise Development and
Market Competitiveness (EDMC) Project, Aravot daily reports.
"Since the 'offshore' corruption scandal linked to Armenian Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan is the subject of a heated debate in recent
times, Aravot asked Mr. Ambassador his view on this scandal.
"Heffern listened to the question until the end, but he preferred to
refrain from answering and [making] comments, [and] he left with a
slight smile," Aravot writes.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Hetq.am News Agency had
written that PM Tigran Sargsyan, Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan-the
Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church-, and "jeweler" Ashot Sukiasyan are shareholders
in an offshore company called Wlispera Holdings Limited, which is
registered in Cyprus. Sargsyan and Kjoyan, however, have denied their
involvement in such company.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
July 12, 2013 | 07:52
YEREVAN. - US Ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern, on Thursday attended
the official signing of the letter of intent between the Armenian
Ministry of Justice and the USAID-funded Enterprise Development and
Market Competitiveness (EDMC) Project, Aravot daily reports.
"Since the 'offshore' corruption scandal linked to Armenian Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan is the subject of a heated debate in recent
times, Aravot asked Mr. Ambassador his view on this scandal.
"Heffern listened to the question until the end, but he preferred to
refrain from answering and [making] comments, [and] he left with a
slight smile," Aravot writes.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Hetq.am News Agency had
written that PM Tigran Sargsyan, Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan-the
Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese of the Armenian
Apostolic Church-, and "jeweler" Ashot Sukiasyan are shareholders
in an offshore company called Wlispera Holdings Limited, which is
registered in Cyprus. Sargsyan and Kjoyan, however, have denied their
involvement in such company.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am