Gagik Tsarukyan, chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia (ARMNOC) met with sportsmen on April 25. Following the meeting attended by the media as well, Tsarukyan asked the journalists to leave him with sports representatives for a while, to discuss some professional issues, Aravot reports.

The journalists have not yet left the venue when ARMNOC chairman who is running for the parliament said:

“Some media promptly reported that I had a gun in my belt during an election meeting. I want you to know that this weapon is targeted not against people, but the wolves and hyenas,” Aravot quotes Tsarukyan as saying.