Armen Poghosyan, who is one of the arrested defendants along the lines of the criminal case into smuggling Igla missile system into Armenia, accepts the charge brought against him, his attorney, Viktoria Kirakosyan, on Thursday told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

She noted that the charge brought against her client was mitigated at the end of the investigation, and that he is now charged solely with illegal acquisition, carrying or transporting of weapons, and ammunition.

Kirakosyan noted that the smuggling charge against her client was dropped, since no respective evidence was found during the investigation.

Also, the attorney dismissed the rumors that her client had testified against Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR) former Defense Minister and Defense Army Commander Samvel Babayan, and on the basis of which the latter was arrested within the framework of this criminal case.

Kirakosyan said Poghosyan did not know Babayan, and that he knew solely the other two defendants in this case: Sanasar Gabrielyan and Hrach Mayilyan.

To note, Mayilyan is also charged with illegal acquisition, carrying or transporting of weapons, and ammunition.

The charge of smuggling military products has been dropped also from the indictments against defendants Samvel Babayan and his Karabakh war comrade-in-arms, Sanasar Gabrielyan.

Now, Gabrielyan is charged only with illegal acquisition, carrying or transporting of weapons, and ammunition.

The charge brought against Babayan also was mitigated at the end of the investigation. But, subsequently, a new charge was brought against him: money laundering. Now, he is charged with two indictments.