Monday, May 14 2018 15:47

ArmInfo.The third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, during his tenure as prime minister did not discuss the issue of the introduction of a state of emergency in the  country.  

The head of the office of Serzh Sargsyan Nairi Petrosyan  wrote this on his Facebook page, responding to the article "Reuters",  referring to his own sources, spoke about the intention of the  Armenian leadership to introduce the state of emergency regime in the  country during the mass riots.

"As the head of the office of the third president of Armenia, I would  like to inform the author of the article that in April 2018 during  the mass unrest Serzh Sargsyan did not discuss the issue of  introducing a state of emergency with any foreign leader," Petrosyan  wrote.

"Reuters" referring to diplomatic sources wrote that on April 23, on  April 23, Serge Sargsyan had a telephone conversation with the  leadership of Russia 24 hours before his resignation from the post of  the country's Prime Minister. Within these 24 hours, Sargsyan held  talks with members and officials of his team. They discussed the  possibility of introducing a state of emergency in the country, which  would give more opportunities to the power structures in the fight  against protesters," wrote Reuters.