“It is a political instruction that is related to my activities,” Suren Zolyan, a former rector of Yerevan State Linguistic University After V. Bryusov commented on his being invited to the NSS during a conversation with www.aravot.am. The NSS notice lacked the case with regard to which S. Zolyan was invited to the NSS. www.aravot.am inquired of him what the NSS
demanded from him. Mr. Zolyan stated that he would talk about it in more detail at the press conference to be convened one day later, where he was going to also present the decision of the respective committee of the European Parliament, in which it is asserted that in the case of S. Zolyan, the proper observance of international obligations undertaken by the Republic of Armenia was under threat. S. Zolyan informed that the aforementioned formulation was asserted in the report, along with other issues. Coming back to what had happened at the NSS today, Mr. Zolyan informed: “Generally, it was a very polite conversation. There is nothing new. Since as early as June, Armen Ashotyan continuously carried out checks at the Linguistic University and sent all that material to the NSS. As far as I can understand, they naturally had to respond to Ashotyan’s requests, since it was their mission. He regularly sends his requests to the NSS, and in that sense, we can say that NSS should be AAS, which stands for Armen Ashotyan’s Services. I really cannot understand all this. If the Azeri NSS was engaged in that, I would understand, but as far as I know, Armenia is not conquered by Azerbaijan yet, about which I reminded the folks there too and expressed my surprise why the NSS dealt with that issue. What threat does the Linguistic University pose to Armenia?” Assessing what had happened, S. Zolyan stated: “Perhaps, at the preliminary stage, there was an intention to gather compromising evidence. However, I have prepared the decision of the European Parliament for Ashotyan and his colleague, Hrayr Tovmasyan, the Minister of Justice, which will be, to put it very mildly, a slap in the face for them. Let them write to the NSS, knowing that those steps will eventually be given an adequate assessment. I am just surprised that the NSS has become an institution that carries out such instructions.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
