168 Zham daily reports that in conversation with the paper’s reporter, Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunyan refuted rumors on Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan having greatly contributed to his reappointment.

Rumors go in political circles that in 2007 Harutyunyan gave the then Deputy Prime Minister, Territorial Administration Minister Hovik Abrahamyan USD 1 mln to assume Nature Protection Minister’s post, with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan having contributed to his reappointment this time, the daily says.