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As already mentioned, Artur Sakunts, Chairman of the HCA Vanadzor, and Ani Chatinyan, lawyer at the NGO above, in their capacities of representatives of Shant Voskerichyan /Jean Baptist Ozkirisyan/ applied to the RA National Security Service to provide the arguments or bases for the other serious and well-grounded threats to the state security or public order in the Republic of Armenia posed by Shant Voskerichyan /Jean Baptist Ozkirisyan/ and what exactly the danger to the national security or public order consisted in. In response to their application, the RA National Security Service stated that Jean Baptist Ozkirisyan /Shant Voskerichyan/, a French national, was denied entry to the Republic of Armenia under Article 8(1)(f), RA Law on Foreigners, following the information obtained through operational response and intelligence activities by the RA national security agencies in compliance with the RA legislation.

At the same time, they stated that according to Article 41(1) of the RA Law on Operational and Intelligence Activities, “information about the results of such activities shall be deemed to constitute a state secret and be not subject to disclosure.” By providing such a response, the RA National Security Service essentially avoided providing Shant Voskerichyan’s representatives with any arguments and bases for any other serious or well-grounded threats he might pose to the state security or public order in the RA. Also, the Service failed to provide any information on what exactly the danger to the national security or public order consisted in. We will further provide details on the follow-up actions to restore the violated rights of Shant Voskerichyan /Jean Baptist Ozkirisyan/.