YEREVAN, MARCH 12, ARMENPRESS. Justice Minister of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan has been interrogated in the sidelines of March 1 case as a witness, press secretary of the minister Lusine Martirosyan told ARMENPRESS.

“The Minister has been interrogated as a witness”, she said.

1^st and 3^rd Presidents of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Serzh Sargsyan have also been interrogated over the same case as witnesses.

The Special Investigation Service of Armenia has filed a new motion to prolong the pre-trial detention of 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan by 2 months. The court hearing is scheduled on March 13 at 12:30.

On January 18 the court of 1st instance approved the motion of the SIS to extend the pre-trial detention of Robert Kocharyan by two months.

Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan was charged by the Special Investigative Service in July 2018 for breaching constitutional order during the 2008 March 1 unrest that claimed lives of 10 people.

Edited and  translated by Tigran Sirekanyan