Second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan’s office denied allegations made by opposition, regarding connections with Armen Khazarian “Pzo” -- arrested last week in U.S. for medical fraud charges-- with the former president.

“Naturally I deny such allegations, and its not the first time I have been denying”, chief of staff Soghomonyan told to RFE / RL.

He also denied that Armen Khazarian attended wedding ceremony of Robert Kocharyan’s son, Sedrak Kocharyan: “I have even received photos to identify, but it was a completely different person in the photos,” said the former president’s chief of staff.