YEREVAN. – Rumors, gossips, putting a condition, etc. is not serious. Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan stated this at a press conference Friday, and referring to the reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has put a condition before the Armenian authorities to release second President Robert Kocharyan from custody, prior to his expected forthcoming visit to capital city Yerevan.

“There are domestic political, or domestic legal, judicial matters,” he said. “And my sole response just here is: please take our principle more seriously because we take our principle very seriously.”