Turkey has strongly condemned the erection in Yerevan, Armenia, of a monument to participants of Operation Nemesis, a 1920s program of assassinations of Ottoman perpetrators of the Armenian genocide and Azerbaijani figures responsible for massacres of Armenians.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian was due to meet with his top political allies late on Thursday to discuss alleged irregularities during the weekend election of a new governing board of his Civil Contract party.
Pashinian Replaces Finance, Justice Ministers
Օգոստոս 03, 2021
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian replaced Armenia’s ministers of justice and finance on Tuesday as part of a post-election cabinet reshuffle.
Five other members of his cabinet Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigorian and the current ministers of economy, health, education and emergencies were reappointed to their posts in separate decrees initiated by Pashinian and signed by President Armen Sarkissian.
Sarkissian formalized on Monday several other cabinet appointments made by Pashinian. In particular, Armenia’s second deputy prime minister, Tigran Avinian, was replaced by Minister for Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikian. Two other ministers retained their posts.
Armen Grigorian Tipped To Become Armenia’s New FM
Հուլիս 15, 2021
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Former secretary of Armenia’s Security Council Armen Grigorian has been appointed first deputy minister of foreign affairs in a move that ruling party representatives see as a prelude to his appointment to the currently vacant ministerial position.
Grigorian, 38, is a member of the ruling Civil Contract party. He graduated from the Department of International Relations of Yerevan State University and later from the American University of Armenia, but has no experience of diplomatic work.
Grigorian coordinated electoral programs for the anti-corruption organization, Transparency International, before becoming one of the key figures of Armenia’s 2018 “Velvet Revolution.” He was appointed secretary of the Security Council after the revolution.