Kocharian Believes His Coronavirus Test Results Were Faked to Prevent Travel to Moscow

The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, suspects that his planned visit to Moscow during the war—where he was supposed to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin—was deliberately thwarted by the current Armenian authorities.

In a meeting with Russian media, responding to a question from Sputnik Armenia, Kocharian shared his suspicions.

At the end of October, it became known that investigative authorities returned Kocharian's passport, allowing him to travel to Russia to discuss assistance during the war. However, shortly thereafter, an announcement was made that Kocharian's trip to Moscow had been canceled because his coronavirus test result came back positive.

“Essentially, it was a very murky story regarding my test result. One day I will tell the details about it, but only after a change of power. I do not wish to put those who have shared details with me in a difficult position. However, the question is that after the coronavirus test, I took an antibodies test, which returned negative,” Kocharian explained.

Considering this circumstance, Kocharian has serious doubts that he was, in fact, simply not allowed to travel to Russia.

He added that during the war, he did not have direct contact with the President of Russia, but he did have opportunities to convey his observations and positions regarding the situation to the Russian leadership.