Former President Robert Kocharian has distanced himself from Gagik Tsarukian's political activities just weeks after the influential tycoon reputed to be close to him retired from politics under strong government pressure.
In an interview published on Wednesday, Kocharian insisted that Tsarukian's Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), the second largest in parliament, has never been his support base and denied any responsibility for its "dismantling" by President Serzh Sarkisian.
"I have closely followed political processes of the last several years but have never participated in them," he told 2rd.am, his unofficial website. "I had good relations and contacts with Gagik Tsarukian but did not cut shadowy political deals on future formats of cooperation with the [BHK] party and its leader."
Armenian News
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