Prime Minister's Spokesperson Denies Meeting Between Pashinyan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been isolated during this period and has not held any meetings. This was stated today, June 9, in an interview with NEWS.am by the Prime Minister's press secretary Mane Gevorgyan, addressing reports in the media that Nikol Pashinyan met with the first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, two days ago.

“There has been a meeting with the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan just once during this period, on July 16, 2018, after the revolution; there has been no meeting since then. If such a meeting had taken place, we would have appropriately informed our public and the media; it would not have been kept secret,” said Gevorgyan.

Previously, it was reported that according to ‘Factinfo’ information, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the first president of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, two days ago. Moreover, at the time of the meeting, the Prime Minister was still officially considered to be ill with coronavirus. The website noted that after this meeting, the heads of the NSS and police were replaced with familiar personnel.