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.
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.
On May 8, the defense ministry of Armenia said that six citizens of Bangladesh have been detained while attempting to illegally cross into Armenian territory by trespassing the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Sochi on the sidelines of the Eurasian intergovernmental council sitting.
As part of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council sitting in Sochi, Russia, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsyan.
Soldier of Artsakh’s Defense Army Shamkhal Petrosyan, born in 1998, received a severe gunshot wound by the Azerbaijani fire on May 13, at 22:35, in one of the military units located in the northern direction of the Defense Army.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has signed a decree appointing Valeri Osipyan Police Chief of Armenia.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who is currently on a working visit in Artsakh, visited the Defense Army headquarters together with President Bako Sahakyan where a consultation took place.
he celebrations on Victory Day, Liberation of Shushi and Artsakh’s Defense Army anniversary of establishment were kicked off May 9 in Stepanakert with the military convoys of the Defense Army accompanied by victory march music.
Karen Karapetyan, before stepping down from the post of acting Prime Minister of Armenia on May 8, adopted a decision on relieving Artak Zakaryan from the position of first deputy defense minister according to his application.
