“As a result, 300 of the 400 delegates participating in the meeting of the community representatives voted for Norayr Grigoryan whom, in a conversation with our reporter, Armenian Ambassador to Ukraine Andranik Manukyan considered as a ‘patriotic and highly respected figure.’
“To the query that there are a lot of complaints—also in the Armenia-based press—related to him, Manukyan responded:
‘“It’s much easier for me to fight against the anti-Armenian activities of the Azerbaijani lobbyists working in
‘“My activities in Ukraine truly worry the Azerbaijanis, and they attempt to discredit me in every way, sadly, being able to use—for this objective—some people who present themselves in Ukraine as Armenians.
‘“But we have managed to find out that they, by falsifying their surnames and presenting themselves as Armenian, are contacting the Armenia-based media and trying to create a tense atmosphere between the [Armenian] ambassador and the [Ukrainian-Armenian] community, which they naturally fail [in doing],’” 168 Zham wrote.
