Yerevan, June 29 /Mediamax/. Executive Vice-President of “VimpelCom” OJSC on Business Development in CIS States Dmitri Pleskonos stated in Yerevan today that “we are a perfectly legal company and we are not involved in non-official promotion of anything in Armenia”.

Mediamax reports that Dmitri Pleskonos said this, commenting on certain publications, according to which “VimpelCom” is allegedly involved in “discourteous promotion of its “Beeline” brand in Armenia.

“We know the Armenian “Bi Line” Company and we are holding corresponding talks with it. The given talks will be continued”, Vice-President of “VimpelCom” stated.

Dmitri Pleskonos stressed that “VimpelCom” from the very beginning was not planning to change the brand of the fixed subdivision of “ArmenTel”.

“This is a well-known brand, almost the whole population of the country knows it, and it is more than convenient for us”, he noted.

“I do not know where the fuss around the Armenian “Bi Line” Company comes from, but I can say that if we do not come to an agreement with them on the joint use of the brand, the situation will not become critical for us, as we very much like the “ArmenTel” brand”, Dmitri Pleskonos stated.

General Director of “ArmenTel” Oleg Bliznyuk expressed opinion that the mentioned publications “are of artificial character, as we do not have any real problems of that kind”.

Dmitri Pleskonos also noted that “we do not promote “Beeline” brand in Armenia, but we are the owners of the given brand in 6 countries, and it is natural that we talk about our brand”.

“And the most important is that first of all we have to learn to present products and services, which correspond to the level of the brand”, Vice-President of “VimpelCom” OJSC concluded.