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The Artsakh Investigative Committee launched proceedings in the frames of the criminal case, opened according to Articles 310, Part 1 and 316 of the Criminal Code on the alleged handing of a minefield map to Turkish special services by HALO Trust.   

Earlier, media citied the Artsakh president’s special representative Boris Avagyan, that the UK’s HALO Trust company, engaged in charitable activities in Artsakh, provided the Turkish special services with maps of the minefields in Artsakh, allowing them to successfully pass through those areas during the 44-day war in 2020. Artsakh NSS later announced it would examine the reports . HALO Trust denied the reports, naming them 'absolutely false  statements'.

As the Investigative Committee said in a statement on Tuesday, necessary judicial and investigative actions are underway to find out all circumstances of the incident.