Interfax News Agency, Russia
May 27 2008

ARMENIAN STATE GUARD SERVICE CHIEF DISMISSED

Armenian State Guard Service Chief Grigory Sarkisian has been
dismissed, the press service of the Armenian president told Interfax
on Tuesday.

It is also expected that Armenia’s police chief Aika Arutyunian will
resign in the next few days, a source in Yerevan told Interfax.

The leading candidates to replace Arutyunian as Armenian police chief
are Sarkisian and head of the Ararat region Alik Sarkisian, the source
said.