Newspaper: Armenia economy minister to be called for questioning

Zhoghovurd newspaper of the Republic of Armenia (RA) writes as follows: According to the information of the Zhoghovurd daily, the investigation body will probably call RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan for questioning, as the investigation body has discussed the matter that the procurement processes were carried out with the minister's approval.

Let's remind that yesterday ArmLur.am reported that the Investigative Committee indicted 7 people in the criminal case into misuse at the Ministry of Economy, among them were the dismissed Deputy Minister [of Economy], Ani Ispiryan, and the wife of NA [(National Assembly)] President Alen Simonyan's brother, Ani Gevorgyan. The 7 accused in the criminal case are detained.

It should be noted that as a result of the (...) actions carried out within the framework of the criminal proceedings being carried out, factual information was obtained that the officials of the RA Ministry of Economy misused their official powers, with the instigation and assistance of a group of persons, with prior consent.