Lawyer: Samvel Babayan denies the charges
ArmInfo.Artsakh Ex Defense Minister Samvel Babayan does not except the charges against him on smuggling MANPADS "Igla", stated Babayan's lawyer Avetik Kalashyan during a conversation with "Azatutyun".
He informed that Babayan denies all the charges. "I cannot provide more detailed information because of the interests of the investigation", noted Kalashyan. He also stated that Babayan did not express any opinion on his arrest yet. To note, according to the Armenian media, Babayan is charged with organizing an insurgency. According to the media, Babayan is also suspected of attempting to smuggle man-porable SAM weapon Igla from Georgia to Armenia. Today the National Security Service of Armenia suppressed the attempt. According to media reports, the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who was on a visit to the United Arab Emirates, returned to Armenia late in the evening, immediately went to Tsakhkadzor, where a secret meeting was held, at which the issue of Babayan's arrest was discussed.
To recall, this is the seconf arrest of Babayan, he was arrested in 1990 for organizing an attempt on the ex- president of Nagorno-Karabakh Arkady Ghukasian.