Robert Kocharyan’s testimony regarding the October 27 case was posted on websites again the other day. Robert Kocharyan mentioned in his testimony what kind of relationship he had had with each of the victims. With regard to Yuri Bakhshyan, he stated: “I knew Yuri Bakhshyan as far back as when he was a deputy mayor, during Mayor V. Khachatryan’s tenure, if I am not mistaken. We had a warm, close relationship.” www.aravot.am inquired of Anahit Bakhshyan, Yuri Bakhshyan’s wife, today whether her husband had really had a close and warm relationship with the second President of the Republic of Armenia. Ms. Bakhshyan assured that Robert Kocharyan was not honest, since they hadn’t been close. “I haven’t heard Yura say that he was particularly close with Kocharyan. After those events when I brought all the papers on Yura’s desk and read, yes, I saw that in some places, it was written ‘a meeting with Kocharyan’ and some people’s names were written next to that. So those were business meetings, but they were not close. I don’t believe that there was a warm relationship. Certainly, they were acquainted and had a business relationship.” Generally, Robert Kocharyan’s testimony is not news to Ms. Bakhshyan, since she realized during the trial that he was not honest. Anahit Bakhshyan told us that after October 27, on November 26, Robert Kocharyan and the first lady, Bella Kocharyan, came to their home to express their condolences and offer consolation. “That day, I didn’t suspect anything, couldn’t understand how a man could cut the branch he was sitting on. Afterwards, during the trial, many things became clear for me, and I read that testimony again in retrospect. Surely, he was not honest, and surely, it was not the reality. He denies complicity everywhere, but the trial itself showed that he was not that honest; the court denied all motions filed by our attorney to call witnesses. I clearly remember what he said in our home. He said that he would do everything necessary to SOLVE, he would invite SOMEONE from outside, would DO this. And I naively said once again that I knew that if he didn’t do everything to solve it, he would be suspected. He said he knew that. Therefore, that interview was formal from A to Z.” Ms. Bakhshyan said that it had been Robert Kocharyan’s first and last visit to their home.
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
