“First News and Analyses” was informed from the European sources that the information spread by the “Prosperous Armenia” party about the meeting of Vice President of European Parliament A. Vidal-Quadras Roca with the PAP does not match the reality. Vidal’s words were rigged and distorted.
European Parliament’s representative informed us that the Vidal-Quadras Roca said, “Optimism is an important attribute for a politician, and I’m an optimist too,” and added at the end of the conversation, “I wish all the best and good luck to you (Tsarukyan).” European Parliament’s staff is stunned with what PAP members have done out of these two-sentence statement. They told us that they have no right to declare fraud and promised to help us get clarification early next week from Vidal, who is now off to Spain.
Recall that the PAP statement said: “At the meeting with Vice-President of the European Parliament A. Vidal-Quadras Roca, Tsarukyan noted that the PAP is here today to deepen the relations between the parties, since the European integration is one of the main questions on the PAP agenda. The parties also discussed the upcoming presidential elections. Vidal-Quadras Roca noted that in the upcoming presidential elections Tsarukyan may be an excellent candidate for his distinguished human and optimistic characteristics.”