Armenian law-enforcement authorities have dropped one of the two criminal charges against a former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s army prosecuted for serious military setbacks suffered during the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.
Former Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan was allowed to testify before Armenian pro-government lawmakers on Tuesday despite being held in detention and standing trial on corruption charges strongly denied by him.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency has suspended its criminal investigation into a former commander of Nagorno-Karabakh’s army prosecuted for serious military setbacks suffered during the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.
The chief of the Armenian army’s General Staff, Artak Davtian, and several other senior generals were dismissed late last month as part of ongoing defense reforms, Defense Minister Suren Papikian said on Wednesday.