Tuesday, February 18 2020 17:01

ArmInfo. Staffing changes will be implemented in the army.  Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia Artak Davtyan announced this on February 18 at a  meeting with reporters.

To the remark that the media reported that head of the military  police Artur Baghdasaryan and Minister of Defense of Artsakh Karen  Abrahamyan will resign, Davtyan said: "The resignation of the head of  the NKR defense army is not within our sector of competence, this is  Artsakh's internal affairs which concern the President of the country  and the Minister of Defense. I can't comment on this assumption,  since all such issues are within the competence of the Prime Minister  and the President of Armenia. But no matter what decision our  leadership takes, we are obligated s to fulfill it. "

The chief of the General Staff said that he would like to provide the  media with information about the activities that were carried out in  the Armed Forces in order to fill the information vacuum that has  developed recently.

When asked who will be responsible for the recent deaths in the army,  Davtyan said that everyone is equal before the law, but the court  makes the final decision on this issue. At the same time, he noted  that disciplinary measures had been taken, as a result of which some  persons were removed from their posts.

Davtyan also touched on the issue of criminal subculture, which,  according to the prime minister, is one of the causes of suicide in  the army. The chief of the general staff said that the answer to the  question of the presence of this subculture in the army should be  given as part of a criminal case. "Of course, in a global sense, such  elements exist in the army, as in our society. There can be no  situation where such a subculture exists in society, but it does not  exist in the army. But, of course, we have something to work on in  this area," Davtyan concluded. 

It should be noted that a joint closed meeting of the Standing  Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs and the  Standing Committee on Defense and Security, which was attended by  Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia Artak  Davtyan, took place in the parliament on February 18.

To recall, on February 14 it became known about the death of the 13th  soldier who died in the Armenian army. Almost all of these deaths  occurred under unclear circumstances. This fact is being vigorously  debated in society, on social networks they demand the resignation of  Minister of Defense David Tonoyan and Chief of the General Staff,  Artak Davtyan. In connection with this situation, yesterday the Prime  Minister of Armenia held a meeting with the heads of defense  departments.

Moreover, on February 18, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia  Nikol Pashinyan on his Facebook page touched on the meeting held on  the eve of the government with the participation of representatives  of the defense departments. "A number of important decisions were  made, including personnel decisions.  Against this background, I  consider it necessary to emphasize that in 2019 we had a historical  minimums of deaths in the army. And our task is to maintain this  momentum. However, for this purpose I consider it important to  exclude the formation of nervous atmosphere around the army. There is  no division between army and society. We are one whole, one family,  and one organism. And we will win, "he said.