Opposition leader Pashinyan, PAP Chairman Tsarukyan

MP of the opposition Yelk faction of the Armenian parliament, Nikol Pashinyan, who is leading the “My Step” initiative, held talks with Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Chairman, business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan on Wednesday.

“I have just held a meeting with Gagik Tsarukyan. We discussed the current internal political situation and the possible solutions,” he said in a post on Facebook.

“The discussions will continue,” the lawmaker added.

On Wednesday, MP Pashinyan voiced his resentment against acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan’s Tuesday statement cancelling the scheduled talks with him, calling on people to continue mass protest actions, citing the need “ to strip the ruling Republican Party of Armenia’s deputies of power to prevent Serzh Sargsyan from running the country behind the scenes”.

President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan has announced a plan for funding an Olympic center development project in a sporting resort.

A new, superpowerful and ultramodern sporting complex will be constructed in Tsaghkadzor (Kotayk region) based on a local branch of the Yerevan State Sports College of Olympic Reserve.

The Committee’s secretary general, Hrachya Rostomyan, had earlier invited specialists to hear also their proposals. The new complex will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, sporting grounds and gyms adjusted to different trainings and sporting events.

It will also have a recreation and leisure zone with vast parks, a cinema hall, and special rooms for rest.

The entire center will have a total area of 3 hectares.

Tsarukyan has promised invest 25-30 billion Armenian Drams (approx $500,000-$600,000) in the project.

Opposition leader Pashinyan, PAP Chairman Tsarukyan hold meeting

Tsarukyan to fund Olympic center project in Armenian resort