Minister: We are studying offshore-related publications related to Mihran Poghosyan (video)
During the Q&A session with the Government at the National Assembly, Armenian lawmaker Levon Zurabyan repeated his question concerning a number of companies registered in offshore zones. “It was previously reported that Armenia’s former Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer, Mihran Poghosyan, and his relatives have three companies in offshore economic zones. Have you studied the leaked documents and drawn corresponding conclusions? Now that tensions continue in the Karabakh conflict zone, the country’s leadership should feel that their rear is strong, that corruption is a direct threat to our security and must be eradicated otherwise they cannot tackle the underfunding of the army,” the lawmaker said. Levon Zurabyan reminded that his party had submitted documents testifying to corrupt activities of several high-ranking officials. “In its reply the government said that investigation is underway and they are studying the offshore-related publications related to Poghosyan. I must confess that the issue has never been ignored by us. At the same time, I want to assure you that the government is doing everything within its jurisdiction. The Ministry of Justice has also developed programs to fight corruption which are now under consideration. I agree with you that measures should be taken to eradicate corruption,” Justice Minister Arpine Hovhannisyan said in reply. Major General Mihran Poghosyan, Head of Justice Ministry’s Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts, resigned earlier in April saying he regretted to see my name mentioned next to the name of the family of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, who has, in reality, misappropriated billions of dollars. he also promised to publically comment on the offshore-related publications as an ordinary citizen, without having any state levers
