ArmInfo. If there is a political decision that the National Security Service should become a ministry, we will accept it. Head of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan stated on March 22 in an interview with journalists.
He noted that if the goal of this change is parliamentary control over the structure, it became obvious during today's meeting of the commission that representatives of the National Security Service did not avoid it. "We can come at any time convenient for the deputies and answer all their questions, both in an open and in a closed format," the head of the National Security Council said.
Vanetsyan also stated that representatives of the National Security Service received no political orders from the Prime Minister. "It seems to me that it is not worth politicizing the positions of the head of the National Security Service and the police chief. If the National Security Service and the Police become ministries, then the positions of the heads of these structures will be politicized. And regardless of our desire, we will be forced to represent the interests of a political force, which is wrong." - stressed the head of the National Security Service.