Pashinyan appoints acting mayor of Etchmiadzin

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26.06.2018, 13:38

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Diana Gasparyan as acting mayor of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) in the Armavir region.

Pashinyan appoints acting mayor of Etchmiadzin

YEREVAN, June 26. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Diana Gasparyan as acting mayor of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) in the Armavir region.

The former mayor of Etchmiadzin, Karen Karapetyan, resigned on June 17, the day after his father, retired General and MP Manvel Grigoryan, was arrested following a National Security Service (NSS) video showing a search of his properties where NSS officers discovered large amounts of weapons, ammunition, medication and field rations for soldiers.

On June 25 the former mayor of Etchmiadzin was charged with embezzling the aid donated to the Armenian military together with his arrested father. --0--

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