MP Says He Doesn’t ‘Owe A Dime’ To Entrepreneur. She Says He’s Lost

MP SAYS HE DOESN’T ‘OWE A DIME’ TO ENTREPRENEUR. SHE SAYS HE’S LOST HIS MEMORY

epress.am
03.06.2012

Republican Party of Armenia MP and former Minister of Nature Protection
Vardan Ayvazyan told journalists in Yerevan today that he “owes not
a single dime” to entrepreneur Silva Hambartsumyan.

Recall, Hambartsumyan charges that the lawmaker owes her $70,000,
since she returned the mine she purchased from him for $500,000 and
is asking for her money back, which Ayvazyan has gradually paid –
all except for the $70,000, which he reportedly is refusing to pay.

“Ask Silva Hambartsumyan two things: the year the deal was signed
and the name of the mine,” he said at the press conference today.

Hambartsumyan, speaking to Epress.am, however, said Avyazyan has lost
his memory – as a result of frequently visiting casinos.

“I am referring to the Jrkap mine in the community of Tashton. I
returned the [mining] company because the mine’s coordinates were
different and the mine itself was somewhere else. He was such a
disconnected minister that he didn’t know the place of his mine.

Ayvazyan didn’t deny that he owes me money; he says, when I return
from Tbilisi, from China, I’ll give it. He wants to shrug me off;
I won’t forgive it,” she said.