ArmInfo. Following the State Minister of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh Republic) Araik Harutyunyan and the Chief of Police Kamo Aghajanian, the head of the NKR National Security Service Arshavir Garamyan resigned.
The source in the Artsakh government informed ArmInfo about this. "As a matter of fact, the demands of the participants of the protest rallies were fulfilled by this resignation, they demanded the resignation of the heads of the security agencies - this has already been done, the leaders of the National Security Service and the Police have resigned." As for state minister Araik Harutyunyan, his people did not demand resignation, the authorities took this step, to resolve the political crisis in the republic, "the source explained. To note, in Stepanakert, protests began on June 1 after a fight between two NKR citizens and a group of employees of the National Security Service. However, according to the video materials appeared in the network, it is clearly visible that the fight was initiated by civilians, attacking the commando on two of them, and later the friends of the latter arrived, who beat the initiators of the fight. As a result, 15 people were subjected to the drive. The people started protests demanding the resignation of the heads of law enforcement agencies, which, according to the definition of activists, are arbitrary in Artsakh. Today, the state minister of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan resigned.