ArmInfo. On November 21, at a regular government meeting, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan touched upon the personnel changes that took place over the past week, thanked the high-ranking officials who resigned and wished success to the newly appointed officials.
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The Prime Minister congratulated the newly appointed heads of government departments on taking office, wishing them success.
A week earlier, at a Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Pashinyan, addressing the heads of law enforcement agencies and the judicial system, said that his patience had run out. He said that he was tired of holding working meetings on this topic. From now on, there will only be decisions and no one else will take part in them. , he said. After this, the above-mentioned officials resigned. Today, during the introduction of the Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan to the department's staff, Pashinyan said that he and the former head of the department Vahe Ghazaryan have known each other for a long time, 37 years, and have been friends since childhood. This circumstance, of course, was very helpful in many matters, but, nevertheless, in some matters this circumstance hindered us a little.
At the MTAI, introducing the new minister David Khudatyan, who, according to the media, is the prime minister's godson, Pashinyan noted the contribution of the already former minister Sanosyan. "During his tenure as minister, a huge number of construction works were launched, carried out and completed, which can be seen in all regions of the republic, in all communities. I would like to emphasize Sanosyan's contribution, especially in September 2023, to the process of accepting and accommodating our compatriots forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, meeting their short-term needs, as well as to the events that took place in the Lori and Tavush regions this year, as part of the rapid response to the flood," the prime minister said.
He also noted that Gnel Sanosyan, being one of the founding members of the ruling Civil Contract party, has great organizational skills and expressed hope that this opportunity will be used to ensure that Sanosyan devotes at least some time to political organizational work. As for the new minister, Pashinyan noted that "the times are gone when we said "young and inexperienced" about such appointments, this is the case when we can say "young and experienced".