YEREVAN. – Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan was in France during the New Year holidays, Zhamanak daily reports.

“He, together with his family, headed to Nice city of France at the end of last year, before the Christmas days, and likewise spent the New Year there.    

We attempted to clarify from the PAP leader’s spokeswoman as to whether Tsarukyan has returned to Armenia, or will he spend the old [Armenian] New Year [that is, January 13] in Nice, too. In a telephone conversation with us, Iveta Tonoyan said Tsarukyan spent the New Year holidays abroad and already returned, but she did not wish to confirm or deny our information that the PAP chairman was in Nice saying this is strictly private information,” Zhamanak writes.