YEREVAN. – Bill on Lustration is important to reveal agents who cooperated with Azerbaijani KGB during Soviet times, Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS) expert Manvel Sargsyan said at the discussion in the Civil National Initiative hall.

According to him, Armenians, who cooperated with Azerbaijan during the Soviet Union and returned back to Armenia, may be blackmailed by Azerbaijan and used against Armenia.

Participants of the discussion shared the thought. Moreover, parliamentary Heritage group MP, co-author of the bill Styopa Safaryan stated that the same links may run activity even working against Armenia and its independence by advocating reestablishment of the Soviet Union and joining to Russia.

Sargsyan added that there are still people in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) who speak against its independence and may have connection to Azerbaijani Secret Services.

Heritage party MP Larisa Alaverdyan, who put the bill into circulation, stated that the high-leveled discussion was very useful. She believes that it will assist in amending and strengthening the bill.