44-Day War Report Classified as 'Top Secret'

The report from the investigative commission examining the circumstances of the 44-day war in 2020 will be sent to the first section of the National Assembly, responsible for the protection of state and official secrets, ensuring confidentiality, accounting for secret documents, archiving, and more. This was reported by CivilNet.

Alen Simonian's press secretary indicated that only those deputies with the appropriate security clearance would have access to the report. However, the head of the investigative commission, Andranik Kocharyan, had repeatedly stated that the report would be presented at a plenary session of the National Assembly, allowing the public to access certain non-secret parts of it.

Article 25 of the Law on the Procedure of the National Assembly stipulates that the investigative commission is obliged to present its report to the President of the National Assembly, which must then be discussed within one month at a regular session of the Assembly. According to Article 20 of the same law, the term of the investigative commission's powers is six months, which can be extended two times by up to six months each time. The commission established in February 2022 has had its term extended twice by six months, in October 2022 and May 2023.

Due to delays in the report's presentation, journalists had periodically questioned the commission's chairman, Andranik Kocharyan, over the last two years. As a result, more than 3.5 years after the establishment of the commission, on September 3, 2025, the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defense and Security issued a statement noting that the report had been sent to the President of the National Assembly on that date.

At the same time, Article 26 of the same law states that the powers of the investigative commission expire if the report is not submitted for discussion in the National Assembly before the expiration of its authorities. Thus, it turns out that the commission's powers had already lapsed in October-November 2023, nearly two years prior, but the report was only recently presented to the President of the National Assembly.

Although Andranik Kocharyan had repeatedly stated that the report should be presented to the plenary sessions, it has become clear that there are no legal grounds for entering the report into a plenary session since the deadlines have expired. This was communicated by the National Assembly President Alen Simonian to journalists on October 1, 2025, asserting that public hearings could be organized in parliament, stating, "we will do our utmost to make it public." However, the very next day, Simonian informed Radio Liberty that closed discussions would be held, and the report would be presented in that format. Yet, the report was not discussed in either plenary, closed sessions, or public hearings. Instead, it was sent to the first section of the parliament.

Alen Simonian's press secretary, Movses Harutyunyan, clarified that after being sent to the first section, the topic of organizing public hearings has also been closed. Additionally, deputy Andranik Kocharyan told CivilNet that the report has received the classification of 'Top Secret.'

In 2023, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, while responding to questions from the investigative commission, noted that the best public interest entails ongoing public communication regarding the 44-day war and the negotiation process for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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