Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Artak Davtyan and his delegation departed for Russia to take part in the session of the CSTO Military Committee in St. Petersburg.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian held a telephone conversation with Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed his deputy Tigran Avinyan’s aide Vahe Danielyan to serve as the new Deputy Minister of Justice.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has congratulated President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan on the Independence Referendum Day and Constitution Day, two public holidays celebrated December 10 in Artsakh.
On behalf of the republic’s authorities and myself personally I extend my heartfelt congratulations on this most important state holiday – the Day of the NKR State Independence Referendum and Constitution.
8 suspects, including 6 customs officials, are under arrest on suspicion of running a contraband smuggling syndicate, the State Revenue Committee’s Department of Investigations said.
On December 4, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the border of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, in the north-east of the Hadrut region.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree according to which Armenia’s Ambassador to Tunisia Arshak Poladyan (residence in Yerevan) has been concurrently appointed as Ambassador to Morocco.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree according to which Armen Arstamyan has been appointed head of the strategic planning department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
One soldier has died and another one was wounded after sustaining gunshot wounds in “circumstances that are still unknown”, the Defense Ministry of Artsakh said in a news release.
