Armenpress: PM’s press secretary Baghdasaryan says fake report on Pashinyan,

The press secretary of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nazeli Baghdasaryan has  rejected a report published by the website VT Foreign Policy and its author Lucas Leiroz, which alleged that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and several officials were involved in trafficking and organ sales.

Baghdasaryan said the article contained “serious and obviously unfounded accusations” and was part of an information manipulation campaign.

“It is obvious that the publication exploits extremely sensitive and emotional topics for society- human health, organ transplantation and alleged trafficking – in an attempt to create a shocking and discrediting information background,” Baghdasaryan wrote on Facebook.

She said such methods are commonly used to undermine trust in state institutions and officials.

Baghdasaryan also pointed to dynamics of the dissemination of the material, noting it first appeared on social media, including on the X platform via the author, then quickly spread through bot networks and was republished by several Azerbaijani media outlets. She said the claims were later circulated within Armenia by certain political groups.

“This sequence is typical of the mechanisms of disseminating disinformation often encountered in the regional information environment,” she said.

Baghdasaryan stressed that the allegations had no factual basis and urged media and the public to treat the publication as “another manifestation of information-hybrid influence actions.”

“Several media outlets in Armenia have already sought clarification. Therefore, I consider it necessary to state clearly that this publication is disinformation and should be regarded as another manifestation of information-hybrid influence operations,” Baghdasaryan said.