Thursday, June 3 2021 13:40

ArmInfo.The Armenian Foreign Ministry denies information about the resignation of three deputy foreign ministers. Thus, the press service of the Armenian Foreign  Ministry of the Republic of Armenia told ArmInfo that at the moment  all the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Armenia are performing  their official duties.

It is noteworthy that the phones of at least two of the three  deputies are disabled.  It should be noted that earlier the Chairman  of the New Times party Aram Karapetyan said that all the RA Deputy  Foreign Ministers had resigned, refusing to take part in the meeting  of the country's government.  He noted that according to this  information, Avet Adonts, Artak Apitonyan and Armen Ghevondyan wrote  their resignations.

According to also unverified information, the deputy ministers are  still performing their duties, since their requests for resignation  have not been satisfied by the head of government.

To recall, on May 27, the resignation letter was submitted by the  acting Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Ara Aivazian and  his deputy Gagik Ghalachyan (the information got into the media only  on May 31 - Ed. note). On this very day, in the morning, six Armenian  servicemen were taken prisoner in the Armenian sovereign territory of  the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan. And on the same day, acting Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his readiness to sign a new,  already third document with Azerbaijan, this time on the part of the  beginning of the process of delimitation and demarcation of the  border. At the same time, he assured that this document is 100% based  on the interests of the RA.

On May 31, the Spokesperson of the department Anna Naghdalyan also  resigned.  Disclosing the reason for his departure, Aivazian noted  that he remains committed to the principle that "the Armenian Foreign  Ministry, born of independence, must staunchly defend our  sovereignty, our independence, our state and national interests. I  hope I did not leave you ashamed, my decision to resign was due to  precisely for this reason that there has never been any doubt that  this Ministry can take some step or agree with some ideas,  initiatives that run counter to our statehood, national-state  interests. "