Ex-Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan’s military rank reinstated

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Ex-Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan’s military rank reinstated

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15:19,

YEREVAN, AUGUST 23, ARMENPRESS. Former Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan’s military rank of Lt. General has been reinstated.

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian formalized the decision at the recommendation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Sarkissian’s Office said.

Harutyunyan’s military rank was revoked in 2002 by President Robert Kocharyan.

Vagharshak Harutyunyan served as Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2000.


Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan