YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan assures that a lot of money will be returned to the state budget within the frames of several scandalous cases that are under investigation, he said during the session of the parliamentary standing committee on defense and security affairs, asked whether there are predictions in connection with the money to be returned to the budget in 2019, reports Armenpress.

“In this context the forecasts for the year are ungrateful job, but I assure that a large sum of money will be returned to Armenia’s state budget. As the Prime Minister always states in his remarks, what has been stolen from the state should be returned. We do our job on this path, and you will see its results during the year”, the NSS chief said.

The NSS is investigating a number of scandalous cases of major embezzlement by former officials.  

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan