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SARKISIAN'S $186,000 'REJUVENATION TREATMENT' IN SOUTH KOREA
http://asbarez.com/118795/sarkisian%E2%80%99s-186000-%E2%80%98rejuvenation-treatment%E2%80%99-in-south-korea/
Friday, January 24th, 2014
A screenshot from the website of the South Korean newspaper "Chosun
Ilbo"
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-President Serzh Sarkisian has undergone stem cell
therapy in South Korea aimed at rejuvenating his body, a Korean
newspaper revealed on Friday.
The daily "Chosun Ilbo" reported that Sarkisian became this month the
first foreign head of state to receive treatment at Chaum Center,
a rejuvenation clinic located in the city of Gangnam. A photograph
published by it showed him seated in a medical armchair and surrounded
by South Korean doctors, his chief bodyguard and Ara Abrahamian,
a Russian-Armenian businessman.
"The group visited Chaum every day during their weeklong stay here
and had treatment including stem cell therapy, spa and anti-aging
therapy, body polishes and massages and weight-control programs,"
wrote the paper. It said the treatment which lasted from January 9-17
cost around $186,000, a sum exceeding Sarkisian's annual salary.
The Armenian president's press office did not immediately comment on
the revelation.
That Sarkisian has had stem cell therapy was first suggested last week
by the Yerevan newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak," which quoted unnamed
sources close to the Armenian government. Sarkisian press secretary,
Arman Saghatelian, dismissed this as "ludicrous gossips" in comments
to A1Plus.am on Tuesday.
Saghatelian also shrugged off suggestions that the Armenian leader
may have health problems. The spokesman for ruling Republican Party
of Armenia (HHK), Eduard Sharmazanov, likewise insisted on Friday
that Sarkisian is "very healthy."
Sarkisian officially went on vacation on January 7. The presidential
administration said at the time that he will spend it in an unspecified
foreign state. It gave no details.
http://asbarez.com/118795/sarkisian%E2%80%99s-186000-%E2%80%98rejuvenation-treatment%E2%80%99-in-south-korea/
Friday, January 24th, 2014
A screenshot from the website of the South Korean newspaper "Chosun
Ilbo"
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-President Serzh Sarkisian has undergone stem cell
therapy in South Korea aimed at rejuvenating his body, a Korean
newspaper revealed on Friday.
The daily "Chosun Ilbo" reported that Sarkisian became this month the
first foreign head of state to receive treatment at Chaum Center,
a rejuvenation clinic located in the city of Gangnam. A photograph
published by it showed him seated in a medical armchair and surrounded
by South Korean doctors, his chief bodyguard and Ara Abrahamian,
a Russian-Armenian businessman.
"The group visited Chaum every day during their weeklong stay here
and had treatment including stem cell therapy, spa and anti-aging
therapy, body polishes and massages and weight-control programs,"
wrote the paper. It said the treatment which lasted from January 9-17
cost around $186,000, a sum exceeding Sarkisian's annual salary.
The Armenian president's press office did not immediately comment on
the revelation.
That Sarkisian has had stem cell therapy was first suggested last week
by the Yerevan newspaper "Haykakan Zhamanak," which quoted unnamed
sources close to the Armenian government. Sarkisian press secretary,
Arman Saghatelian, dismissed this as "ludicrous gossips" in comments
to A1Plus.am on Tuesday.
Saghatelian also shrugged off suggestions that the Armenian leader
may have health problems. The spokesman for ruling Republican Party
of Armenia (HHK), Eduard Sharmazanov, likewise insisted on Friday
that Sarkisian is "very healthy."
Sarkisian officially went on vacation on January 7. The presidential
administration said at the time that he will spend it in an unspecified
foreign state. It gave no details.