Illegally sold military unit land returned to the state

ArmInfo. The Anti-Corruption  Court of Armenia has granted the Prosecutor General's Office's petition and invalidated the purchase-sale agreement between the  Ministry of Defense and citizen E.A. on January 13, 2009, for  approximately 60 million, the press service of the supervisory  authority reports.

On April 28, 2023, the Department for the Protection of State  Interests of the Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit with the  Anti-Corruption Court demanding that the fore-mentioned agreement  regarding the alienation of the territory of the military unit  , which includes an area of 2,200 square meters, several  buildings and a special-purpose land plot spanning 1.2 hectares, be  declared invalid.  The settlement agreement signed between the  Prosecutor General's Office and E.A. was approved on September 12,  2023, by the decision of the Anti-Corruption Court.  As a result, the  special-purpose land with an area of 9,000 square meters, located at  , along with a plot and buildings totaling  of 993.7 square meters(in the village of Armash, Ararat region, were  returned to the state. In January 2024, they were assigned to the  State Property Management Committee of the Ministry of Territorial  Administration and Infrastructure.