Monday, May 11 2020 17:12

ArmInfo. The Inquiry Committee for Examining the Circumstances of the Military Activities of April 2016 intends to invite former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia  Edward Nalbandyan to the next meeting. This was stated in an  interview with reporters by head of the Committee, MP from the "My  Step" bloc Andranik Kocharyan.

"We have already sent a letter to Edward Nalbandian," Kocharyan  emphasized. The head of the Committee also noted that the former  Foreign Minister of Armenia is now in Moscow, and if necessary, the  MPs are ready to contact Nalbandyan via video link.  Regarding  whether  former Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan will be  invited to the Committee, the MP noted: "We have not yet made a final  decision on this matter".  

To note, the parliamentary Inquiry Committee for Examining the  Circumstances of the Military Activities of April 2016  in Karabakh was created in 2019.  The Committee included representatives of all factions of the NA.   Its purpose is to identify possible errors, shortcomings or inaction  on the part of the then authorities during the aforementioned period  of aggravation of the situation at the border, which led to the death  of more than 100 Armenian troops. The committee has already been  visited by the third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, former  Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, former Minister of Defense of  Artsakh Levon Mnatsakanyan, head of the General Staff of the Armed  Forces of Armenia Artak Davtyan, while former chief of the General  Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia Yuri Khachaturov refused to  attend the Committee's meeting.