Bagrat Mikoyan: "Robert Kocharyan has no intention of reaching any agreements with the Armenian authorities."

ArmInfo. Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, has no intention of reaching any agreements with the government. Bagrat Mikoyan, head of Robert Kocharyan's office, stated this on September 18 in front of the Anti-Corruption Court, where the trial of the second president of Armenia is underway.

He noted that this is already Kocharyan's fourth imprisonment. "The previous ones lasted months, then more than a year, but this did not discourage the second president of Armenia. His fourth imprisonment is clear proof that Kocharyan has no intention of reaching any agreements with the Armenian authorities. The fight will continue," Mikoyan noted.

According to him, Kocharyan does not perceive the current situation as a tragedy. Because, as the head of the office of the second president of Armenia explained, truly tragic events could befall the country. "The second president of Armenia never viewed what was happening as a personal matter and has no intention of doing so," added Robert Kocharyan's office manager.

According to him, instead of persecuting the second president of Armenia, the country's leadership should address the numerous problems facing the country. "However, about 80-90% of their rhetoric is still linked to Kocharyan," Mikoyan concluded.

As a reminder, the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia accuses Robert Kocharyan of involvement in the events of March 1, 2008 (mass riots and clashes between protesters and police - ed.). In addition to Robert Kocharyan, the defendants include former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, and former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan. Previously, the Constitutional Court ruled the Criminal Code article under which the defendants were charged unconstitutional. The first two courts dropped the criminal prosecution against the defendants, and the Cassation Court sent the case to the Anti-Corruption Court for retrial, arguing that the provisions of the Criminal Code were misinterpreted and, given the large number of victims, the perpetrators should be punished.

On August 25, Robert Kocharyan was charged with large-scale money laundering, abuse of office, and accepting a large bribe. Nine other individuals were also charged in the case. On August 27, the Anti-Corruption Court ordered Kocharyan's arrest for two months. Meanwhile, members of the political party of Armenia's second president associate his arrest with an attempt to neutralize one of the main opposition figures amid the Armenian government's readiness to make further concessions to Azerbaijan.