The United States has consistently called on the Armenian authorities to conduct a serious, credible and independent investigation into the 2008 March 1 events, an official representative of the US State Department, told Voice of America, commenting on the charges launched against 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan over the March 1 case.
A Yerevan court has granted bail for indicted CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, the Armenian general’s attorney Mihran Poghosyan told reporters outside a courthouse after middnight.
A Yerevan court has remanded former President Robert Kocharyan into custody, the ex-president’s attorney Aram Orbelyan told reporters outside the courthouse shortly after midnight.
The Secretariat of CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) has no information about the charges pressed against its Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, CSTO spokesperson Vladimir Zaynetdinov has said.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expressed satisfaction over the development pace in the Eurasian territory.
As any democracy, Armenia is devoted to exclusively peaceful solution for Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview to Talk to Al Jazeera program of Al-Jazeera TV.
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has expressed deep concern over the criminal proceedings and arrest motion against former President Robert Kocharyan.
Russia welcomes contacts between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh issue, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in Baku, RIA Novosti reports.
The Supreme Body of the ARF party has reacted to the indictment of former President Robert Kocharyan.
If the government were not to declare a state of emergency on March 1, 2008 it could’ve led to additional victims, according to former minister of justice Davit Harutyunyan.
