Lydian Armenia files lawsuits against three activists, demands rejection of groundless statements

Lydian Armenia company has filed lawsuit against 3 activists for damaging company’s business reputation, attorney Armen Melkumyan, representing company’s interests, told Aysor.am.

Referring to the lawsuit against member of Armenian Nature Preservation Front coordinating council Levon Galstyan, Melkumyan said that the lawsuit has been filed against him for baseless accusation of bribery. He voiced the groundless accusations in conversation with CivilNet news agency and wrote about them in Facebook page of the Armenian Nature Preservation Front.

Melkumyan said the company has been tolerant for years toward those who disseminated lies about it and discredited it but as a result of this false information the company stopped working for six months.

The attorney also said that hence Lydian Armenia will not tolerate such attitude and will persecute each attempt aimed at discrediting the company and will call everyone to responsibility.

The company has also filed lawsuit against activist Tehmine Yenokyan who stated in Jermuk square that Lydian Armenia is a corrupt and criminal company.

“Such like statements were voiced by another activist Ani Khachatryan as well. As a result we filed a lawsuit against her too. We have requested the court to demand rejections of these statements,” Melkumyan said.

He said the hearing took place only over lawsuit against Levon Galstyan but the demand is the same for all – rejection and 1 million AMD confiscation.

In the court Levon Galstyan described the lawsuit against him as a persecution against activists.