ArmInfo. On February 19, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed decrees on the dismissal of two senior officials. This was reported by the press service of the President.
According to the source, the President, at the proposal of the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in particular, signed decrees to dismiss Chief of the military police Artur Baghdasaryan and Head of the Department for Working with Personnel of the Armed Forces Aleksan Aleksanyan.
To note, on February 14 it became known about the death of the 13th soldier who died in the Armenian army since the beginning of the year. Almost all of these cases of 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, the Prime Minister of Armenia met earlier with the heads of defense departments. -sh- 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 minimum of cases ofdeaths 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 environment 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.