ArmInfo. On August 23, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian returned Vagharshak Harutyunyan the rank of Lieutenant General. This was reported by the press service of the president.
According to the source, Armen Sarkissian considered the decree on depriving Vagharshak Harutyunyan of the military rank of July 22, 2002 to be null and void.
It should be noted that on July 22, 2002, the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, by his order, deprived Vagharshak Harutyunyan of the rank of Lieutenant General. To recall, from 1999 to 2000 Vagharshak Harutyunyan held the post of Minister of Defense of Armenia.