Armenian government proposes to separate emergency and territorial ministries

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18.02.2016, 13:11

At its regular Thursday meeting, Armenia’s Cabinet ministers approved Justice Minister Arpine Hovhannisyan’s proposal to divide the territorial administration and emergency ministry into two ministries.

Armenian government proposes to separate emergency and territorial ministries

YEREVAN, February 18. /ARKA/. At its regular Thursday meeting, Armenia’s Cabinet ministers approved Justice Minister Arpine Hovhannisyan’s proposal to divide the territorial administration and emergency ministry into two ministries.

The bill will be put on the National Assembly’s floor on Friday.

In late 2014, the ministry of territorial administration and the ministry of emergency were united into one ministry, and now the government decided to separate them again. --0----

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