President Armen Sarkissian has initiatied consultations with parliamentary factions to discuss the existing situation in the country, the president’s office said.
President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan on October 9 visited the southern section of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border to get acquainted with the military service and the situation.
On October 10, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic), the OSCE Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, to the south from Gyulistan village of the Shahumian region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh said in a press release.
The Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime nearly 150 times in Artsakh-Azerbaijan contact line during the period of September 30-October 6 firing over 1000 different caliber bullets in the direction of Armenian border guards.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his spouse Anna Hakobyan, President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and First Lady Nune Sarkissian, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II attended the national homage ceremony in honor of French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, which took place today in the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France.
President Armen Sarkissian and American statesman Henry Kissinger held a luncheon on October 4 in New York City, USA.
By the decree of the President of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan has been appointed Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accepted the resignations of Vardan Alexanyan, lieutenant governor of Tavush and Hayrapet Babayan, lieutenant governor of Ararat, the PM’s office said.
By the decree of the President of Armenia Feliks Tsolakyan has been appointed Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia.
By the decree of the President of Armenia Tigran Balayan has been appointed Ambassador of Armenia to the Netherlands, replacing Garegin Melkonyan.