Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan will remain in custody for additional two months, the court ruled on Friday.

Robert Kocharyan has been charged with the overthrow of constitutional order in Armenia in March 1, 2008.

Armenia’s ex-minister of natural resources and former MP Aram Harutyunyan faces bribery and money laundering charges.

Harutyunyan took a bribe amounting to $14 million from businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan in exchange for providing her with licenses for mine exploration.

Search has been declared for the former minister, however, on Friday his attorney said that Harutyunyan had been barred from flying from Zvartnots airport and is in Armenia now.

The court ruled that the ex-minister be remanded in custody.

The chairpersons of all eleven standing committees of the new National Assembly (NA) of Armenia have been elected.

As reported earlier, the new legislature of Armenia will have eleven standing committees, instead of the previous nine. Eight of these committees will be headed by the majority “My Step” Faction, the “Prosperous Armenia” Faction will head two committees, and the “Bright Armenia” Faction—one.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the meeting Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers and reiterated UN’s full support for the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group.

The Secretary-General appreciates the continued commitment of the sides to finding a negotiated and peaceful solution to the long-standing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and particularly welcomed the Ministers’ agreement on the need to take concrete measures to prepare the populations for peace.

The tone of comments by Azerbaijan goes beyond diplomatic decency, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement with respect of Baku’s explanations on ban for Russian nationals of Armenian origin to enter the country.

Russia’s foreign office called Azerbaijan’s approach unacceptable and demanded meaningful explanations on each incident involving Russian nationals.

“We also expect official clarifications through diplomatic channels regarding the hints of the Azerbaijani side on the need for Russian citizens to coordinate trips to Azerbaijan with the republic’s embassy in Moscow," the ministry said.

Europol discovered a link between the Spanish and the Belgian syndicates involving Armenians who organized fixing matches throughout Europe, Europol official told Associated Press.

Investigators are still far from the end of the investigation, he added.

As reported earlier, a 28-year-old Grigor Sargsyan, known as “Maestro”, is suspected of being the leader of a syndicate organizing fixing tennis matches with over 100 players across Europe.