Yerevan, July 5 -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is trying to remove the Catholicos of All Armenians from the Patriarchate "under fabricated pretexts," says Aram Sargsyan, head of Armenia's Democratic Party and co-founder of the Miasin movement.
"This is an attack on the entire Armenian Apostolic Church," he told Sputnik.
"This is a deliberate political strategy aimed at dismantling the last remaining national institution. And our enemies are rejoicing - openly. They see this as their opportunity to begin seising Armenian territory," Sargsyan added.
Commenting on the arrest of businessman Samvel Karapetyan, Sargsyan noted that "in seven years, Pashinyan never had an issue with him - until Karapetyan declared his support for ...