Primate of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan, reserve Major-General Grigori Khachaturov and People's Artist of Armenia Hrant Tokhatyan have expressed readiness to provide personal guarantees for the release of Artsakh war veteran Ashot Minasyan (aka Ashot the Iron), his lawyer Mihran Poghosyan said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

Minasyan, the commander of the Sisakan volunteer unit that took part in two Artsakh wars, was arrested on 1 December on charges of plotting to kill Nikol Pashinyan and seize power along with several other political and military figures last year. He was first arrested in November 2020 to be released shortly afterwards.