3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will also be questioned over the 2008 March 1 case, Sasun Khachatryan, Head of the Special Investigation Service, told reporters after today’s Cabinet session.
The government has reduced the term of office of the Yerevan City Council.
The U.S. Government is attentively following the developments in Armenia connected with the March 1 case, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills told the reporters.
The Armenian side has told the Azerbaijani side through public and other channels that the repositioning attempts in the direction of Nakhijevan are unacceptable and will be prevented by all possible means, Armenian foreign ministry’s acting spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan told reporters at a briefing on August 14, in response to the question concerning the current situation in the direction of Nakhijevan.
The Court of Appeals has approved the appeal of attorneys against the decision of the 1st instance court to remand 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan in custody, Kocharyan’s attorney Robert Sahakyan told reporters.
First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan is ready to testify on the 2008 March 1 case in status of a witness, Aram Manukyan, member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) party, told reporters in the Parliament.
The Armenian Armed Forces responded to the Azerbaijani provocations in the direction of Nakhijevan by firing shot.
There is no coalition in Armenia, but a government of national consensus, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told reporters during his working visit to Tavush province, commenting on the question according to which the ARF, as part of the coalition, said 2nd President Robert Kocharyan’s detention could be viewed as a political persecution.
The Prosecutor General’s Office has rejected the motion of MPs on changing the precautionary measure selected against 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.
Chairman of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia Sasun Khachatryan has partially declassified the highly confidential order N0038 signed by former Defense Minister of Armenia Mikayel Harutyunyan on February 23, 2008.
