PanArmenian News
March 21 2005

FBI AGENT: INVESTIGATION ON ILLEGAL ARMS TRAFFIC CONDUCTED JOINTLY
WITH APPROPRIATE ARMENIAN BODIES

21.03.2005 08:35

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The investigation on the illegal trade in arms in
the US was initiated over a year ago and was conducted jointly with
the appropriated Armenian bodies, Bryan Parmar, FBI special agent,
US’s juridical attaché in the Caucasus stated at today’s press
conference in Yerevan. When commenting on the role of Georgia and
possibly Azerbaijan, he noted that Georgian specialists also take
part in the investigation, while Azerbaijan has nothing to do with
it. As for the participation of the Armenian military or the Russian
military bases, the FBI agent stated that he possesses no information
in this regard but did not rule such a possibility. Agreeing with the
statement that no single weapon was taken out from Armenia, the FBI
representative stated that there was efficient ground for the arrest
of the gang. When answering the question whether Solomonyan’s words
were mere bluff, intended for a possibility to earn some money. Mr.
Parmar noted that the bargain was not carried through and the arms
could fall into wrong hands. “If everything did not go beyond photos
we would not pay serious attention to it”, he noted. Mr. Parmar
also confirmed that Artur Solomonian mentioned of enriched uranium
but did not revert to the topic afterwards. According to the FBI
representative, several sources of weapons are located in the Caucasus.

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