The plane chartered by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his delegation to the United States in order to participate in the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations (the cost of which was about 165 million drams) has become a topic for some websites. I am very happy that such a decision was made, now I will tell you why.

RA Prime Minister wrote about this on his Facebook page Nikol Pashinyan former adviser Arsen Kharatyan, to which the former president of RA opposed Serzh Sargsyan former press spokesman, former deputy of the National Assembly Samvel Farmanyan:

“Bort number 1” currently serving the head of Armenia was purchased in 2008 with credit funds. The Airbus 319 cannot fly over the ocean, so an aircraft with this capability is needed to reach the US in one piece.

Now the question will arise, what was Serzh Sargsyan doing, for example? I will answer. he solved the issue through several Armenian businessmen with private jets in the world, which obviously put the head of the state in debt, and the constraint from this free “love” should surely be compensated at the expense of the state and its interest.

For me, the security of the head of state is the number one priority, especially abroad, but it is no less important to give up so-called free favors. Therefore, as long as our state does not have “борт номер 1″ that has the ability to serve the first person of RA in any corner of the world, then yes, it is better to solve the problem by renting the necessary aircraft at the expense of our budget, because I am sure that the free affections will cost us and our state much more later…”, he said in his post.

Former NA deputy Samvel Farmanyan responded to him in the form of a comment under the same post, stating that Kharatyan’s information is wrong and that Serzh Sargsyan always traveled to the USA with state budget funds and non-charter flights.

“I’m just amazed to hear such a thought from you, yesterday’s high-ranking official. As a former spokesman for the president, I can confirm that during all transatlantic business trips, I repeat, all, the delegation, including the president, went to Paris on plane number 1, and from there on Air France or other airlines to New York, Washington, Los Angeles, etc.

And this can be verified in a matter of minutes. Do you know from whom and how (for example, from Zorik (Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Foreign Minister) or from Varuzhan, who were part of those delegations dozens of times). I have no doubt that your post is the result of misinformation,” said Farmanyan’s post, who was Serzh Sargsyan’s press spokesman for a long time.