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.
The possibility of the bilateral meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham in Munich is being considered. The meeting may take place before the panel discussion on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, Armenpress correspondent reports from Munich.
Defense Minister of Artsakh, Defense Army Commander, Lieutenant-General Karen Abrahamyan today held a consultation with the participation of the members of the army’s Military Council and heads of military-law enforcement bodies.
