Rafik Mashadyan is the grandson of my step-aunt: Anna Hakobyan's response to media publication

The Deputy Chair of the State Revenue Committee, Rafik Mashadyan, and his familial connection to Anna Hakobyan has been a topic of media discussion. In response to a recent publication, AuroraNews reached out to Ms. Hakobyan's press secretary, Hasmik Harutyunyan, to clarify the veracity of the news.

In the response directed to us, it is stated:

“Regarding your inquiry, I present you with Ms. Anna Hakobyan's response:

“Rafik Mashadyan is the grandson of my step-aunt. I last saw him in 2010 at a relative’s funeral. My husband, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, never had the opportunity to meet Rafik Mashadyan before he became Prime Minister, and he was not even aware of such a relationship at the time of appointing Mashadyan as the Deputy Chair of the State Revenue Committee.”

— Anna Hakobyan's press secretary, Hasmik Harutyunyan.