ArmInfo."My wife, Anna Hakobyan, does not influence political decision making; in order to assert this, you just don't need to know me or my family," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference commenting on the rumors that Anna Hakobyan is directly involved in making state decisions.
According to him, if this were so, it would be a shame: "But since this is not so, then there is no shame," Pashinyan assured. The prime minister also assured that with the coming to power nothing has changed in the standard of living of his family, except for some "protocol moments".
Pashinyan assured that he and his family are not lovers of excesses. However, as the Prime Minister assured, they cannot refuse protection, since law prohibits this. Pashinyan assured them that they also do not have much pleasure in living in government dachas, but they are forced to do this because these dachas are a symbol of statehood.