Former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian Arrested

FORMER RA FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER ARZUMANIAN ARRESTED

Noyan Tapan
May 08 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 8, NOYAN TAPAN. RA National Security Service employees
arrested on late May 7 former RA Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian
with the doubt on committing a crime according to Article 190 of the
RA Criminal Code (legalization of profits got in illegal ways). The
Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Time) daily states about it.

To recap, a criminal action was brought on May 5 against A. Arzumanian
and former RA Deputy Minister of Defence Vahan Shirkhanian. Within
the framework of the action their flats were searched on the same day.