A few days ago during the session of the NA standing committee on economic issues the RPA chair of the committee Vardan Ayvazyan spoke against the initiative of the ARF to establish an ad hoc to investigate through Nairit by mentioning that this is not the right time as negotiations are still pending.
At a presentation yesterday on the topic of “National Brand Strategy: Tasks and Perspectives” in Yerevan the Armenian society was informed of an initiative that would bring an American company to help Armenia to help the country develop a competitive brand strategy. The total cost of this project will be 450,000 USD, 150,000 out of which will be paid by the Armenian government.
“It is the right of political powers; I have said several times that it is a tool for political competition that is accepted in many countries. Normally our opposition can use this tool too, and it is very normal that they possess such tool and whenever they need they have the right to use it,” said Prime-Minister Tigran Sargsyan to journalists in a meeting at the parliament yesterday.
Recently the water service to Ararat Cement factory that belongs to PA chair Gagik Tsarukyan was ceased. But it was fixed in a day. This step is already labeled as persecution of the business activity of Tsarukyan, which they believe happened when the PA criticized the RPA in its party congress.