US President Donald Trump has congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his recent election through a letter sent via the Armenian Embassy in Washington. The letter is dated May 14.
I continued my mission in Brussels by meeting my colleagues from European Parliament. I met counterpart from EP, co-chair of EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Mr Sajjad Haider Karim, Co-chair of EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly Mrs Rebecca Harms and Vice-president of European parliament Mrs Heida Hautala.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has appointed Shahen Avagyan – the former Secretary General and Chief of Staff of the ministry of foreign affairs under FM Edward Nalbandian – to serve as his adviser. Mr. Avagyan was dismissed from office in the foreign ministry at the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Soldier wounded in Artsakh on May 13 as a result of the Azerbaijani shooting is in critical condition, Gayane Hovhannisyan – head of the military-medical department of Armenia’s defense ministry, told reporters.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he is convinced that the government will work productively.
At the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Armen Harutyunyan has been relieved from the position of Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer of the Republic of Armenia, the government’s press service said.
Armenia’s new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expects that the parliamentary majority Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will approve his government’s program.
At the decision of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, deputy minister of transportation, communication and information technologies Andrei Simonyan has been relieved from duties.
Armenia’s Prosecutor General Arthur Davtyan has announced that there are no political prisoners in the country.
Prosecutor General of Armenia Artur Davtyan doesn’t consider the change of executive power as a basis for his resignation, stating that the Prosecutor’s Office is an independent body.
