“Commenting on this matter in an interview with Zhoghovurd, the PAP chairman’s spokeswoman Iveta Tonoyan said Tsarukyan is a NSC [i.e., National Security Council] member, [and] therefore he takes part in the protocol events.
“To our query as to why Tsarukyan does not attend the NSC sessions, Tonoyan replied: ‘There is no need to seek political contexts in attending protocol events,’” Zhoghovurd writes.