Arayik Budaghian: No one has right to speak about conciliation

Colonel Artak Budaghian feels well and will probably continue receiving medical treatment at home, Artak Budaghian’s brother, Arayuk Budaghian, told Aysor.am.

Asked whether it is true that the former governor of Syunik province Suren Khachatrian is trying to find ways to make it up with the Budaghians, also through some persons’ mediation, Arayik Budaghian replied: “No one has the right to do such a thing and speak about conciliation”.

He declined to speak about the investigation process. He also declined to say if he pins any hopes on the letter sent to Police Chief Vladimir Gasparian and if they have any proof that an impartial search was not carried out at the home of Suren Khachatrian.
Yet Budaghian said he pins his hopes on Armenia’s legal system.

Let us remind you that the former candidate for Goris mayor Avetik Budaghian was killed in the shootout near the house of the then governor of Syunik province Suren Khachatrian on June 1, 2013. His brother, Colonel Artak Budaghian who is a commander of a military unit, was seriously wounded and taken to a military hospital where he underwent surgery. One of the governor’s bodyguards, Nikolai Abrahamian, was also hospitalized. The governor’s son Tigran Khachatrian and another bodyguard, Zarzand Nikoghosian, were arrested on suspicion of murder.

On June 3 Tigran Khachatrian and Zarzand Nikoghosian were charged under Articles 104 part 2 point 4 and Article 235 part 1 of the RA Criminal Code. The Syunik regional court of general jurisdiction granted investigators’ petition to use two month arrest as a measure of restraint against Tigran Khachatrian and Zarzand Nikoghosian.