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 Tuesday, October 16 2018 18:00
Naira Badalian

Arthur Vanetsyan called his statement on Robert Kocharian`s case  "emotional"

Arthur Vanetsyan called his statement on Robert Kocharian`s case  "emotional"

ArmInfo. Director of the National Security Service Arthur Vanetsyan Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan admitted that speaking  about the corruption deal with the participation of the second  President Robert Kocharian, he showed excessive emotionality.

 "From the moment I took office as director of the National Security  Council, I spoke only once, based not on facts, but" emotionally ",  and this led to such processes. We usually present loud revelations  after they are fully proven not to give rise to Speculations. This  time there was a certain haste, the facts were, but they were  incomplete, "Artur Vanetsyan said in an interview with journalists on  October 16.  At the same time, Vanetsyan assured that in the near  future the National Security Service will make public the video,  which will provide details about the connection between Kocharyan,  his family and the Congress Hotel. The director of the National  Security Service declined other comments, stating that "from now on,  he will speak only facts."

Earlier, on September 11, Vanetsyan, during a press conference,  stated that a new criminal case had been launched against Robert  Kocharian over the fact that the Kocharian's family had bought the  Congress hotel for taking a bribe of $ 6 million. He also said that a  criminal case had been opened . However, the other day, the head of  the National Security Service clarified a number of earlier  statements he had made about Kocharyan, presenting them as "a  consequence of the rapid manner of speech." "I want to make only one  amendment: during the press conference, I announced a bribe of 6  million. Remember? This was" the result of a quick manner of  speaking. "This is not about a bribe, but about the proceeds of  crime," said Vananets.  Soon the son of Robert Kocharyan, the second  president of Armenia, Sedrak Kocharyan, filed a lawsuit against the  director of the National Security Service of Armenia, President of  the Football Federation Arthur Vanetsyan. According to the judicial  information system, the plaintiff demanded payment of compensation  for defamation and publicly refute the statement.

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