Armenian president makes reshuffle of army senior staff

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Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, has made some reshuffle of staff in the Armenian armed forces, the presidential press office reported on Thursday.

Armenian president makes reshuffle of army senior staff

YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, has made some reshuffle of staff in the Armenian armed forces, the presidential press office reported on Thursday.

In particular – Major General Onik Gasparyan has been dismissed as commander of the third army corps and appointed as deputy chief of the general staff, and Colonel Grigory Khachaturov will succeed Gasparyan as the third army corps.

MajorGeneral Andranik Makaryan has been dismissed as commander of the fourth army corps and appointed as commander of the united armed forces, and the fourth army corps is run by Colonel Valerik Kocharyan now.

The second army corps commander, Major General Poghos Poghosyan will be in charge of the Armenian army ammunition, and the second army corps he has left will be under Colonel David Manukyan’s command. --0--

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