ArmInfo.Armenia is a free country and everyone is free to take steps they deem appropriate within the frames of the law. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, during the government session on March 5, while commenting on the return of blogger Bella Babakhanyan from Belarus to Armenia.
Mirzoyan noted that he is not going to comment on reports regarding the involvement of "Prosperous Armenia" party leader and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, in the process. "I can only report that on February 20, the Armenian Foreign Ministry sent a note to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, and three days later a letter was received, stating that after the 15-day administrative detention period, this person would be released," Mirzoyan noted. He added that the Armenian side is not responsible for the strained relations between Yerevan and Minsk, attributing the blame to certain individuals who directly stated that Belarus had helped Baku during Azerbaijan's war against Nagorno-Karabakh.