Alen Simonyan says there are no discussions about his possible nomination for Yerevan mayor

Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council Alen Simonyan has said there are no discussions about his possible nomination for mayor of Yerevan.

In a video posted on his Facebook page, Simonyan dismissed the speculation as unwarranted, saying he did not yet know what he would be doing in the coming years.

He was responding to reactions after he shared a video by Anna Hakobyan about traffic congestion in Yerevan.

“Neither you nor I know what I’ll be doing a year from now, six months from now or two years from now, and this kind of talk is simply unwarranted. I may well be doing something else. It’s quite possible that my current work will be so demanding, or will have reached a stage where I can’t take on anything else at all. I might even be working in a private capacity. Who knows? That’s life,” Simonyan said.

The Security Council secretary said he had long taken an interest in Yerevan’s problems and would continue to do so. He added that problems in different areas were often raised and addressed jointly.

Turning to the mayoralty, Simonyan noted that Yerevan already had a serving mayor, Tigran Avinyan.

“I don’t rule out any member of our team aspiring to a position. But I repeat: there are no such discussions,” he said.