ArmInfo. Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan during the urgently convened press conference confirmed the authenticity of the record published in the network. According to him, it is surprising that they listened to the heads of the special services of the country and the Special Investigative Service.
He pointed out that the prosecutor's office will deal with the issue. Nevertheless, Vanetsyan said that in the course of a well-known conversation, proceeding from the over-importance of the case, it was necessary to discuss a number of its aspects. At the same time, he assured that nothing will stop the new authorities in the struggle initiated by them.
All the money looted from the people, Vanetsyan said, will be returned to the state.
Earlier, a telephone conversation appeared in the network between the director of the National Security Service of Armenia Arthur Vanetsyan and the head of the Special Investigation Service Sasun Khachatryan.
During the 8-minute conversation they are discussing the arrest of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, as well as the criminal cases brought against the CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov and former Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan. To recall, all of them are accused of overthrowing the constitutional order during the post-election events of 2008, which resulted in the death of 10 people. Sasun Khachatryan, Head of the Armenian SIS, described the appearance of the recording on the network as a "pathetic attempt" to prevent the investigation of the case on March 1, Khachatryan said this at a meeting with journalists. According to him, certain circles are trying to prevent the natural course of the investigation in the case of March 1-2, 2008 events. At the same time, he assured that the initiated investigation will be continued and brought to the logical end. After that, in a live broadcast on Facebook, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan assured that Vanetsyan will present the circumstances related to the wiretapping of the telephone conversation.
''We will return to these explanations. Now I want to say something else. Who and why did it? For what political purpose?'', said Pashinyan. According to him, the conversation between the head of the Special Investigative Service Sasun Khachatryan and the head of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan could be auditioned with the purpose of political sabotage. "All those responsible for the murders of people on March 1 will be answerable to the court. All those who have plundered will have to return the loot. Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, Hovik Abrahamyan, Manvel Grigoryan, Taron Margaryan, Gagik Khachatryan: Officials of different caliber - they all feel that this time is coming. And they want to prevent this in every possible way, "Pashinyan said.