Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has been taken to the National Security Service.

Axar.az informs, citing local media, that former President Robert Kocharyan was taken to the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Armenia (RA) early in the morning.

The Anti-Corruption Committee reported that searches are being conducted at the homes of Robert Kocharyan and his son, opposition MP Levon Kocharyan.

"In response, we inform that searches and other procedural actions are being conducted at several dozen addresses within the framework of the criminal proceedings being investigated by the RA Anti-Corruption Committee on cases of corruption-related crimes," said Marina Ohanjanyan, spokesperson for the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia.