Monday, August 2 2021 15:10

ArmInfo. Arshak Karapetyan was relieved of his post as First Deputy Minister of Defense of Armenia.  As the press service of the government reports, the decision was  signed by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on August 2.  

To recall, Arshak Karapetyan was appointed to the post of First  Deputy Defense Minister on July 20.  

It is expected that,  Arshak Karapetyan will head the post of defense  minister in Pashinyan's future cabinet.  

In April 2021, Karapetyan was appointed First Deputy Chief of the  General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia. Prior to that,  Karapetyan served as the head of the intelligence department of the  General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, and adviser to the  Prime Minister. To note, Karapetyan was dismissed from the Armenian  Armed Forces after the April 4-day war of 2016 for failure in his  work, where he was in charge of the intelligence department of the  General Staff of the RA Armed Forces. He returned to the ranks of the  Armed Forces of Armenia after the "Velvet Revolution".