Samvel Karapetyan`s son calls on French president to meet with Strong  Armenia bloc leader during his visit to Yerevan

ArmInfo. Sarkis Karapetyan, son of businessman, leader, and founder of the "Strong Armenia" party Samvel Karapetyan, called on French President Emmanuel Macron to meet with Samvel Karapetyan, the "Strong Armenia" bloc's candidate for  prime minister, during his visit to Yerevan.

In his video message to Macron, he stated, in part: "You are coming  to Armenia at the invitation of a man you call your friend, but who  is an enemy of the Armenian people. Nikol Pashinyan is not who he  presents himself to the international community, deceiving and hiding  behind democratic values. He has plunged the country into legal  chaos, attacking our church, the diaspora, and his political  opponents. Before the elections, you are giving him another  opportunity to deceive the Armenian people. This meeting is  pointless, because in two months, Samvel Karapetyan will become Prime  Minister of the Republic of Armenia. He is under house arrest. If  democratic values are important to you, we invite you to meet with  him."

As a reminder, on March 27, the Investigative Committee of Armenia  announced the completion of the criminal investigation into the  businessman on charges of tax evasion, money laundering, and  large-scale embezzlement. He is also accused of calling for the  seizure of power. The businessman was arrested in June 2025 after  making statements in defense of the Armenian Church. Last December,  Samvel Karapetyan's pretrial detention was changed to house arrest.