Armenia`s Foreign Intelligence Service will gain access to radio frequency bands

ArmInfo. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Armenia will gain access to radio frequency bands. The corresponding decision was made at a government meeting on November 12.

The rationale for the draft decision notes that, by its decision of May 15, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers established a list of entities authorized to use radio frequency bands from the state radio frequency spectrum and the procedure for their distribution. Meanwhile, in accordance with the Law "On the Foreign Intelligence Service," the SVR carries out foreign policy activities aimed at protecting individuals, society, and the state from external threats, obtaining and processing information relevant to the vital interests of the Republic of Armenia, and supporting the implementation of state policy in foreign policy, military-political, economic, scientific-technical, environmental, and other vital areas.

The powers exercised by the Service within the framework of foreign policy intelligence activities are listed in Article 12 of the Law, which, among other things, also stipulates that the SVR receives radio frequency bands from organizations managing the distribution and allocation of radio frequencies, and leases communication lines and channels from relevant organizations in the Republic for the use of other types of special communications, both within the country and abroad. Taking into account the above, as well as the need to properly exercise the Service's powers as defined by law, it is proposed to include the SVR in the list of entities authorized to use radio frequency bands from the radio frequency spectrum of national importance.

It should be noted that the decision made today follows from Armenia's Transformation Strategy 2050, one of the directions of which is the formation of one of the 10 most effective intelligence services in the world.