Labelling the recent sale of the Hovhannes Tumanyan residence in Tbilisi to a Georgian businessman for $25,000 a “shame”, Tigran Karapetyan, President of the People’s Party of Armenia, declared that he’d be willing to buy back the building if it was a question of money. The politician criticized those who remained indifferent to such a development and who didn’t act to purchase the Tumanyan house when it first went on the market 4-5 years ago for $10,000-15,000.

“If it is possible to purchase the house and it’s just a matter of money, I’m willing to buy it. Let the Foreign Ministry set up the deal and I’ll buy it,” declared Mr. Karapetyan today.

He confessed that we had the impression that Armenia’s Foreign Minister was only dealing with the Artsakh issue. “Let him travel to Georgia and take care of this problem and the problems in Javakhk. They are bringing back coffins from Russia. Who is behind this? Official protest letters must be sent to this government and public clarifications demanded,” Mr. Karapetyan stressed.