YEREVAN.- U.S. Embassy in Armenia released a statement on Tuesday saying they have been following Vartan Oskanian’s case.

“We have been following the legal case against former Foreign Minister Oskanian carefully and are very concerned by recent developments. 

We hope that this case does not represent a politically motivated and selective enforcement of Armenian law, as this would detract from efforts to promote greater transparency and reform in the legal, justice and legislative sectors in Armenia,” the statement reads.

 As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the National Assembly on Tuesday voted — by 64 ballots for, six against, and with one invalid vote — in favor of Prosecutor General’s petition to include Vartan Oskanian as a defendant in a criminal lawsuit. A total of 71 MPs participated in the voting.