Armen Sargsyan declined to voice his attitude to the possible  premiership of Serzh Sargsyan

ArmInfo. Candidate for presidency from the Republican Party Armen Sargsyan today, speaking at the National Assembly, avoided answering the question of the head  of the Yelk bloc faction Nikol Pashinyan about how he relates to Serzh Sargsyan's statement about refusing to apply for the post of prime minister of the country and to the fact that , despite this, the RPA intends to nominate him for this post.

"I think it's better for you to ask this question to Serzh Sargsyan  himself, I cannot comment on the statements of other politicians," he  assured. Sargsyan also avoided answering another question from  Pashinyan about why he does not submit a copy of the statement to the  British authorities about the renunciation of the citizenship of the  United Kingdom. The candidate only reassured that since 2011 he  refused from the citizenship of Great Britain.

To the question why, in the documents of the Eurasia House Foundation  from 2014, he is listed as a British citizen and under his signature,  Sargsyan replied that these documents were of a formal nature and,  when signing them, he did not look at what was written about the his  citizenship. This caused Pashinyan's indignation, who remarked: "How  can a person pretending to be president of the country sign documents  without getting acquainted with their essence. It turns out that  after you are elected to the presidency you will sign the most  important documents without reading them?" asked the deputy.

Answering the question about the presence of political prisoners in  Armenia, Sargsyan said that he does not know whether there are any  political prisoners in Armenia. "I asked the authorized structures to  provide me with the relevant information until I received any  documents, but I can say one thing, there should not be political  prisoners in Armenia," Sargsyan said.

Asked whether he would feel morally obligated after the election of  the Republican Party nominated by him, Sargsyan gave a negative  answer: "I will be the president of all citizens of Armenia, not just  Republicans."

Speaking about the issues he will focus on in the event of his  election as president, Sargsyan said:  "Armenia has a corruption  background, which leads citizens to indifference, apathy and  migration." The fight against this evil should be conducted in an  institutional way - from top to bottom ".

He also assured that he will pay much attention to environmental  issues. "No sphere of the economy, including the mining industry,  should develop at the expense of the environment." Today, solving the  immediate economic problems, we can lose the most valuable resource -  nature and water, "the candidate said.

As achievements of the Armenian policy, he called membership in the  Eurasian Economic Union and signing an agreement on an expanded and  comprehensive partnership with the European Union. "Armenia is a  small country with a small market, and outside of integration  projects it will not be of interest to investors," the candidate  concluded.