Former President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan (in office 1998-2008) isn’t in Armenia at the moment but he will arrive for the July 26 questioning at the Special Investigative Service over the March 1 case.

Viktor Soghomonyan, director of Kocharyan’s office, told ARMENPRESS that his previous statement is in force. “As you know, he [Kocharyan] isn’t in Armenia at this moment, but nothing has changed in what I had said. What I had stated previously is still in force. He [Kocharyan] will be in Armenia at the designated day, I had announced this, and he will participate in the questioning,” Soghomonyan said.

March 1 refers to the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan, when mass protest erupted after Serzh Sargsyan was elected president. Subsequent clashes between security forces and protesters left several people dead on both sides.