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Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan revealed details of the street brawl with Artur Danielyan, the co-founder of the opposition Adekvat party, on Wednesday.

In a Facebook live, the lawmaker said that he and the opposition activist know each other from the Civil Contract party. He met Danielyan when the latter was walking in a park on Aram Street with his friends.

According to Simonyan, Artur Danielyan looked at him for a long time rather incomprehensibly.

“In response, I said, ‘Hello Artur.' I heard him saying the following: ‘Hello, son of a bitch.’ I apologize, but I want to be honest and tell you everything. I approached him and said that I had the same opinion about him and hit him on the nose with my head,” Simonyan said.

The MP confessed he realizes that he is an official, stressing, however, he cannot allow someone to talk to him in that way.

"I am ready to take responsibility," he said.