ArmInfo. By the decree of the President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, son of the former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov Grigori Khachaturov has been bestowed with Major-General military rank.
In accordance with the law, the rank of general was awarded at the proposal of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in connection with the Independence Day of the republic.
<Based on the proposal of the Prime Minister, in accordance with subsection 133 (2) of the Constitution, as well as subsection 16 (1), paragraph 1 of the Law on Military Service and the Status of Military Person. Commander of the 3rd Army Corps, Colonel Grigori Khachaturov, was bestowed with the military rank of Major-General>, the president's decree says.
It should be noted that Colonel Khachaturov on August 18 distinguished himself with competent leadership and the operation to ensure the security of strategically important positions around the village of Chinari in the Tavush region on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, thanks to which the Armenian Armed Forces managed to take control and neutralize the shelling attempts from Azerbaijan by the village of Chinari , the Armenian-Georgian gas pipeline and the strategically important Armenian-Georgian highway.
To recall, former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov is accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in the case on March 1, 2008. At that time, he served as head of the Yerevan garrison. By a court decision of July 28, he was arrested and then released on bail in the amount of 5 million drams. In the same case was charged, the 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, the former head of the defense department of the Republic of Armenia Mikayel Harutyunyan (who left the country and was put on the wanted list), the former head of the General Staff Seyran Ohanyan and the former head of the Security Council Armen Gevorgyan.