ArmInfo.Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan is convinced that the identification of corruption schemes in the state structures of Armenia will positively affect the country's international image.
For example, on June 18 during a briefing in Yerevan on the journalist's mention whether the disclosure of serious thefts to the Armenian Defense Ministry would have a negative impact on Armenia's international image, Balayan said in particular: "I think this will only have a positive effect."
On June 16, MP of the Republic of Armenia RPA, General Manvel Grigoryan was detained by the National Security Service of Armenia. During the searches, the NSS officers found and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition; in addition, a large arsenal of unregistered weapons, up to the mortars, rations for soldiers collected by schoolchildren, and even ambulances and army cars were found in the mansion and at the country house.
The evening before, after almost 5 hours of discussion, the court of the administrative districts of Avan and Nork-Marash declared his detention justified - Manvel Grigoryan remains in custody until he is officially charged with him within 72 hours of his arrest. After the trial, Grant Ananyan told reporters that the bodies of the preliminary investigation did not present evidence of Manvel Grigoryan's participle in the court proceedings for misappropriation and theft of aid to servicemen, as stated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.