Sargsyan threatens French journalist
ISTANBUL
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan looks on during a joint press conference with Lebanese president Michel Suleiman (Not Pictured) after their meeting at the Lebanese presidential palace in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon 26 November 2012. EPA photo
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan unleashed his anger on a French journalist
who questioned him about corruption in Armenia, local weekly Tribune de Lyon reported on Nov. 22.
"I was questioning Sargsyan about corruption in his country and the possibility
of maintaining the Syrian regime by Armenia. My questions escalated the
tension in the studio following the interview. The translator attacked me and
one of the Armenian ministers threatened me by shaking his finger at me," Olivier
Michel, a journalist from France
3 television said.
Sargsyan was in France
for a diplomatic visit where he had been received by French President François
Hollande.
