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YEREVAN. - Any political speculations are unacceptable in respect of the detention of former Karabakh defense minister Samvel Babayan, this being exclusively the matter of the law enforcement authorities. 

Spokesperson for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Eduard Sharmazanov, told the aforementioned to journalists after the session of the RPA Executive Body Thursday.

Referring to the statements of Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian (ORO) bloc, Sharamzanov noted that the attempt to politicize any legal process for raising the already low rating of the bloc is not the best option.

Earlier, the National Security Service of Armenia confirmed the information on the detention of former Karabakh defense minister Samvel Babayan.

Samvel Babayan and another two citizens have been detained on the suspicion of transporting Igla air defense system to Armenia by way of smuggling, the NSS press-service informed Armenian News – NEWS.am

According to the source, the investigation has revealed that the people, who acquired and delivered component parts of the air defense system to Armenia, acted upon the order of and by previous concert with Samvel Babayan.  

Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian (ORO) bloc qualifies Babayan’s detention as political repression. The former Defense Minister never denied his link to the bloc. 

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