Armenian ministry of territorial administration and emergency situations split into two separate agencies

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19.02.2016, 16:32

An extraordinary session of the Armenian parliament has okayed today the splitting of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations into two separate agencies- the Ministry of Territorial Administration and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Armenian ministry of territorial administration and emergency situations split into two separate agencies

YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. An extraordinary session of the Armenian parliament has okayed today the splitting of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations into two separate agencies- the Ministry of Territorial Administration and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Justice minister Arpine Hovhannisyan said the change was caused by political necessity, stemming from a political cooperation. She added that the division of the ministry will not require major additional costs.

A corresponding bill was backed in the second and final reading by the governing Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), which have formed a new coalition government. One of the new ministries will be given to ARF.

Incidentally, the two ministries were merged into a single structure in late 2014. It was headed by then Minister of Emergency Situations Armen Yeritsyan.

The ARF is said to get three ministerial portfolios and two gubernatorial posts.-0-

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