Intelligence service warns of foreign meddling targeting Armenians abroad ahead of general elections
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Armenia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has warned of a foreign interference threat, with gathered intelligence indicating that “various actors” are attempting to meddle in the country’s upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections by pressuring Armenians abroad, namely in a specific country, to support certain political parties.
In a statement issued exclusively to Armenpress on Tuesday, the Armenian Foreign Intelligence Service did not name the country where it said the Armenians are being coerced.
“The Foreign Intelligence Service receives intelligence that, in a foreign country, various actors—presenting themselves as representatives of that country’s special services—are attempting to exert pressure on individuals of Armenian origin and the citizens of the Republic of Armenia who are engaged in economic activities in that country, in order to induce them to undertake actions supporting certain political forces that have declared their intention to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia. These actions include, but are not limited to, the provision by the said businesspersons of financial and organizational support to those political forces,” the Foreign Intelligence Service said.