Commenting on money laundering charges against former foreign minister, Prosperous Armenia party member Vartan Oskanian, Armenian National Congress (ANC) member, ex-MP and political prisoner Myasnik Malkhasyan urged the opposition forces to back Oskanian, 168 Zham daily reports.

Though Malkhasyan further deemed Oskanian as one of the perpetrators of March 1, 2008 events, he called on the opposition to move ahead and support the ex-minister, the paper says.