The National Security Service of Armenia denies information about the  entry into the country of a special group of the Turkish Armed  Forces, and the Foreign Ministry - journalists

ArmInfo.The National Security Service of Armenia denies information about the entry into the country of a special group of the Armed Forces of the Republic of  Turkey.

"The National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia officially  informs that the information disseminated by various media about the  entry into the Republic of Armenia of representatives of the special  group of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Turkey does not  correspond to reality.  Refuting this information, we once again call  on our compatriots not to succumb to this kind of disinformation, to  be vigilant and call on those who disseminate unverified news to  refrain from such actions, "the RA NSS statement said.

Earlier, the media circulated information that a special group from  Turkey in the amount of 13 people allegedly crossed the  Georgian-Armenian border. It was noted that "the group includes  representatives of the operational department of the third field  army, military intelligence, planning and intelligence coordination  department." It was asserted that the group would allegedly "take  direct part in the process of eliminating the Chief of the General  Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan and other key  generals."

It is noteworthy that in response to this message from the NSS, a  citizen of Kazakhstan, an international expert, a former expert of  the Orbeli center Andranik Hovhannisyan wrote in his Telegram  channel, in particular: "I'm wondering what the NSS of Armenia will  answer when the names of specific people are announced. from the  Armenian side, who met the "Turkish passengers" on the territory of  the RA ".  Note that the day before, the information about the desire  of Turkish journalists to come to Armenia to cover the first March  rally was also denied.

Thus, the telegram channel @wargonzo, citing sources in Istanbul,  reported that Turkish media had applied for coverage of tomorrow's  events in Yerevan. "In particular, we are talking about the Turkish  resource TRT, whose journalists are now also working on the territory  of neighboring Georgia, from where they were going to come to  Armenia. In addition, sources report that certain government  structures of Armenia agreed to the arrival of Turkish media, but  this visit was necessary also agree with the Russian security  officials, who are responsible for the security of the border and  other strategic objects on the territory of Armenia. According to our  information, the Russian side did not coordinate the arrival of  Turkish media in Armenia from the territory of Georgia, "the TG  statement says.

This information, in turn, was denied by the press secretary of the  RA MFA Anna Naghdalyan, who stressed that the Turkish media did not  apply to the Armenian Foreign Ministry for accreditation.