Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan held a joint session of the Security Councils of the two Armenian republics in Stepanakert.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to Petros Ghazaryan aired on Public TV, during which he referred to the judicial system, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the improvement of life quality of people following the revolution and so on.
President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on dismissing Head of the Department for Working with Personnel of the Armed Forces Aleksan Aleksanyan.
The President signed the respective decree based on the Prime Minister’s proposal.
Artur Baghdasaryan was serving as Chief of the Military Police since May 25, 2017, whereas Aleksan Aleksanyan was appointed to the position of Head of the Department for Working with Personnel on November 28, 2019.
The Armenian President and the Chinese Ambassador in particular discussed the current coronavirus outbreak and the preventive actions. The Ambassador gave the letter of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Armenian President where the latter expressed his gratitude to President Sarkissian, stating that the support of the Armenian side to fight coronavirus leaves its impact on the high-level mutual trust, the friendship between the two countries and peoples. “
There will be cadre changes, the official orders will be published,” he said, without elaborating.
Chief of the General Staff Lt. General Artak Davtyan says he won’t resign over the recent non-combat fatalities in the military.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said “a number of important decisions, including cadre decisions” have been made during the February 17 meeting on the recent fatalities in the Armed Forces.
Foreign minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius responded to the congratulation of the Armenian foreign ministry over Lithuania’s independence day in Armenian.
