Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduard Nalbandyan denied that his Mercedes-Benz S-Class was a present from a German during a conversation with www.aravot.am yesterday and assured that it cost $40-45 thousand and not €100-300 thousand.
Let us remind that the issue of the Foreign Minister’s luxurious car was raised by the Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP Nikol Pashinyan.
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Mr. Pashinyan said regarding the minister’s denial during a conversation with us today, “I am a member of the National Assembly, I have participated in the meeting of the foreign relations committee, I asked an official question during a joint meeting of the committee on
finance and budget, I got an official answer. The representative of the deputy minister was sitting right behind me, Shavarsh Kocharyan applied to him, the woman answered that it was a present from a German. Now, I don’t care what Eduard Nalbandyan said in other places, I care about the information I have from official sources.”
The Foreign Minister also said that there were shameless speculations about his car. In Nikol Pashinyan’s words, “I suggest that Eduard Nalbandyan use the word ‘shameless’ more carefully.”
As for the price of the car, Nikol Pashinyan said that he had made a statement for journalists that day and he stuck to his words.
Finally, Nikol Pashinyan added, “Let the Foreign Minister give explanation why the Republic of Armenia didn’t have an ambassador in Hungary at the climax of negotiations on Safarov’s extradition.”
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
