MEDIA: Chief of Military Police submits resignation

ArmInfo.Ashot Zakaryan, Chief of the RA Military Police, has submitted his resignation, as reported by the Hraparak newspaper.

According to media reports, Zakaryan, originally from the Shirak  region, participated in the First Artsakh War and was responsible for  Levon Ter-Petrosyan's headquarters in Gyumri during the 2008  presidential elections.

Today, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the deaths of  servicemen in the army during peacetime at a briefing. Pashinyan  stated that he had discussed the issue with the Ministry of Defense  and that personnel decisions regarding those responsible would be  made soon. "I've already made a decision: there will be changes in  the Military Police, and we will have changes in the moral and  psychological support department. We will thoroughly analyze why the  efforts undertaken in this area are not producing the desired  results. Conclusions will be drawn, and, yes, there must be  individual accountability. My assessment is not that the Chief of the  General Staff and the Minister of Defense are not making sufficient  efforts to resolve this issue," the head of government stated.