Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan welcomes the fact that Suren Papikyan has been appointed Minister of Defense.

“I believe Mr. Papikyan’s appointment is very correct and commendable,” Simonyan said while talking about the personnel change in the Ministry of Defense during a conversation with reports.

According to him, Arshak Karapetyan was relieved of the post of defense minister upon the decision of the Prime Minister, and Nikol Pashinyan informed the public about this. As for Suren Papikyan, “he is very hard-working and is completely aware of the situation”.

In response to a specifying question whether Papikyan knows everything about the activities of the army, the parliamentary speaker said the following: “It is necessary to differentiate merely professional knowledge, and this is the function of the chief of the General Staff. The position of minister is a political position. As for knowing everything, I assure you that Mr. Papikyan is going to be one of the best defense ministers in the history of Armenia.”