YEREVAN. – Yervand Zakharyan, Chairman of the State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre, was not offered the position of the Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Armenia, Zakharyan himself told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“There was no [such] discussion, I’m not aware of any matter, and I perform my duties,” he added.  

Furthermore, Zakharyan could not respond to the query on whether or not the post of the Energy and Natural Resources Minister will be acceptable for the head of the State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre.  

The names of several people, including Yervand Zakharyan and ruling Republican Party MP Vardan Ayvazyan—who is also Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and former Nature Protection Minister—, are circulated for the office of the Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Armenia.