Armenian president appoints another intelligence chief

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23.06.2016, 10:24

Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, has dismissed Garegin Mkhitaryan as chief of Armenia’s intelligence and deputy director of the government-affiliated national security agency, the presidential press office reported on Wednesday.

Armenian president appoints another intelligence chief

YEREVAN, June 23. /ARKA/. Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, has dismissed Garegin Mkhitaryan as chief of Armenia’s intelligence and deputy director of the government-affiliated national security agency, the presidential press office reported on Wednesday.

Sargsyan has also issued another decree appointing Stepan Melkonyan to this position. --0---

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