YEREVAN. – Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan headed off to Moscow Tuesday for talks, Zhamanak daily reports.
“It will become clear after his return as to the PAP’s position with respect to the [Armenian] presidential elections [to be held next February].
According to our information, during the [PAP] meeting a day earlier Gagik Tsarukyan told those present that it will become clear after his return from Moscow as to the option they will choose. Either they will support [incumbent President] Serzh Sargsyan [in the elections], if he accepts their terms, or they will adopt a neutral stance by not supporting any [presidential] candidate, or PAP will run for elections with its own candidate; [and] either Gagik Tsarukyan himself or [PAP MP and former FM] Vartan Oskanian will be nominated.
We may conclude [therefore] that PAP’s crucial meeting is not at the [party] political board session, but rather in Moscow,” Zhamanak writes.