According to 168 Zham daily, Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan has ruled out nomination of former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian for the forthcoming presidential elections.

Thus, in response to Oskanian’s statement expressing readiness to become Prosperous Armenia’s presidential candidate in case of the party head’s refusal to get involved in the race, Tsarukyan noted himself as the only Prosperous Armenia representative to run for president, the paper says.