Reporters asked MP Samvel Aleksanyan if going to a restaurant in Armenia was a dangerous pursuit, taking into account that several military physicians were beaten up a few days ago at Yerevan’s Harsnakar restaurant.

“No one will be beaten. You can come to our restaurant and eat without fear. You can go to Harsnakar without anything happening,” replied Aleksanyan who owns the Parvana restaurant.

MP Aleksanyan said that people shouldn’t give Harsnakar a black name just because of one incident.

It turns out that Aleksanyan and Ruben Hayrapetyan (another MP who owns Harsnakar) are good buddies.

Reporters asked Aleksanyan if he had spoken to Hayrapetyan after the incident.

“He’s very angry about what happened. The people responsible have been dismissed from their jobs. Other than that, Hayrapetyan will let the law take its course,” said Aleksanyan.

He added that the Harsnakar waiter and security employee who beat up the army doctors were not friends of Hayrapetyan.