Armenian deputy foreign minister and several diplomates dismissed from
their posts and deprived of diplomatic ranks

2008-02-24 11:23:00

ArmInfo. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Bayburtyan and several
diplomates have been dismissed from their posts and deprived of
diplomatic ranks, Armenian Public TV reports.

To recall, A statement of a group of Armenian diplomats was read at a
rally of Levon Ter- Petrosyan’s supporters at Liberty Square, at 20:05
PM. It says that they support the people’s movement. Deputy Foreign
Minister Armen Bayburtyan, Armenia’s Ambassador to Italy, Spain and
Portugal Ruben Shugaryan, Armenia’s ambassador to Kazakhstan and
Kyrgyzstan Levon Khachatryan and representative of Armenia’s Embassy in
Ukraine and Moldova Razmik Khumaryan signed under the statement. They
are sure that the newly elected legitimate president of Armenia can
answer to the foreign policy challenges put against the country. The
statement also calls law-enforcement agencies to abstain from any force
actions against the people .