Foreign Intelligence Service of Armenia to grant permission for  access to state secrets 

ArmInfo.Permission to access state secrets will be granted by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Armenia. The Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia issued a positive opinion on the amendments to the law "On State Secrets" submitted by the government of the country at its meeting on January 10.

According to the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service,  Kristine Grigoryan, the procedure for granting permits will be  regulated by the decrees of the Prime Minister of the Republic of  Armenia.  Grigoryan noted that the Foreign Intelligence Service is in  its infancy and the presented draft law is part of this process. Work  in this direction will be carried out in the context of ensuring  national security: on the one hand, by foreign intelligence  represented by the Foreign Intelligence Service and on the other  hand, by counterintelligence represented by the National Security  Service.

In order to maintain confidentiality, interdepartmental control may  be carried out in cases and to the extent previously agreed upon with  the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. The SVR is vested with  the authority to conduct operational investigative measures provided  for by law in the event of suspicions of violations of the  requirements of the law by individuals and legal entities admitted to  state secrets.