In the networks, they renewed the old and vile rumor that after Vazgen’s slap, Armen Sargsyan “ran away” to London in February 1997 and resigned from the post of prime minister. Vazgen’s eyes turned yellow with anger when he read about it somewhere.

A member of the National Television and Radio Commission (NRC) writes about this on his Facebook page Tigran Hakobyan:

“Armen Sargsyan had a serious illness, thanks to God and modern medicine, he recovered. They were not only colleagues with Vazgen, but also just friends and relatives. In 1999 Armen Sargysan comes to Washington from London in September. Vazgen is helping to prepare for negotiations with Vice President Albert Gore and other officials. Before the meetings, they discussed all the nuances, I participated in some of them, until deep into the night. They were definitely good friends and associates.

There is no need to desecrate the memory of Vazgen, there is no need to discredit Armen Sarkissian with cheap tricks. None of them would allow either to slap or to leave the slap without consequences. “beater” in the picture Vazgen Sargsyan and “beatable” Armen Sargsyan Washington in 1999. I hope we will put an end to that stupid rumor,” wrote Hakobyan.

A little while ago, it was officially confirmed that the candidate for the RPA president is Armen Sargsyan, the RA ambassador to Great Britain. Today, Serzh Sargsyan received Armen Sargsyan at the presidential residence and informed about it. Armen Sargsyan expressed deep thanks in response, but asked for time to think.