ArmInfo. The director of the National Security Service, Artur Vanetsyan, assures that the kinship ties did not play any role in appointing Feliks Tsolakyan and Garegin Baghramyan to the positions of heads of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources.
This was stated by the Director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan on October 16 after a government meeting in an interview with journalists. According to Vanetsyan, Feliks Tsolakyan (recently appointed to the post of head of the Emergencies Ministry. ed. note), is one of the experienced employees of the National Security Service. "When I joined the National Security Service, he was already a high-ranking official. I respect Feliks Tsolakyan very much as a person, a military man and a statesman, but he is not my godfather.
My godfather is an ordinary person, his name is Vardan Kulidzhanyan. This is disinformation, recently it's customary to write in any article "Vanetsyan and something else," and this immediately becomes a sensation, "he said. As for the appointment of Garegin Baghramyan to the post of Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, Artur Vanetsyan said:" Leave aside that Garegin Baghramyan is Arthur Vanetsyan's brother-in- law. I want to ask everyone the question: is there any other reason for which Garegin Baghramлan can be blamed for this or that act. "In addition, Artur Vanetsyan stated that he does not have authority to intervene in the process of appointing one official or another.
To recall, Margarita Azaryan, mother of the Director of the National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) Artur Vanetsyan, was appointed by the decision of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashiyann on June 27 to the position of head of the personnel department and personnel management of the RA Prime Minister's Office.
Margarita Azaryan, worked for many years in the presidential administration: in 2002- 2011 was a member of the Civil Service Council, and in January 2011 she was appointed head of the personnel department of the Presidential Administration. She is also a member of the Management Board of the State Academy of Management of Armenia.