YEREVAN. – I have never engaged in PR. I have always saved the time to cover the work done. Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan said this at a meeting with a group youth, and when asked about the anti-propaganda against him.

"The country was developing for ten years already [during my tenure], the average economic growth rate was 10.5 percent, there were five such countries in the world at that time; we were in the top five. Over the past seven years, the annual growth rate has been 12.5 percent. (…). But we were not speaking [about that], believing that one should work first, and people will assess it later," Kocharyan said.

According to him, it was probably his "inability" to show his achievements that became the reason for the appearance of "legends" about him. "From day one, I had not aimed to stay in power forever. (…). The important thing is that you yourself are convinced that you have done everything that was up to you. (…). It is impossible to be good for everyone. The important thing is that we managed to actually change the situation in the country," the former president concluded.