Armenia's National Security Service has refuted the media reports saying that it has sent a special group to Cyprus to investigate the offshore scandal involving Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.
Spokesman of the Service Artsvin Baghramyan told ArmInfo on Tuesday that this is a lie. "Simply some media are trying to fish in trouble waters," he said.
Meanwhile, Zhoghovurd newspaper reports that the group is supposed to see if Tigran Sargsyan actually has property in Cyprus and to report its findings to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
Earlier it was reported that Tigran Sargsyan and Primate of the Ararat Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Navasard Kjoyan had registered an offshore company in Cyprus. Both refuted their complicity saying that the company was registered without their knowledge, but Attorney General of Cyprus Petros Cleridis said that one could not register an offshore company without the knowledge of shareholders.