Arayik Harutyunyan Noticed in a US Store: Incident Occurs

Days ago, in the Glendale Galleria, a shopping center in Glendale, USA, a group of Armenian youths approached Arayik Harutyunyan, the Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, while he was in one of the stores selling iPhones. They shouted at him, calling him a "traitor" and "unpatriotic," and then left. This was reported by 168.am, which noted that the information and the photo were shared by their readers in Los Angeles.

The media outlet mentions that in response, Arayik Harutyunyan threatened the youths, claiming he would find out who they were and that they would face consequences if they ever set foot in Armenia.

The situation raises questions about how a working official ended up in the United States. Whether he was on an official assignment or was there due to vacation remains unclear. The media outlet tried to investigate this by reviewing Pashinyan's decisions regarding the assignments and leave granted to officials.

Examining the section of "Prime Minister's Decisions" on the Egov.am website for decisions made in January and February, it becomes apparent that there was no decision for Arayik Harutyunyan to be dispatched to the US, nor was there a decision granting him leave. Thus, it is intriguing for what purpose he traveled to the US and what resources were used for this trip.