Yuri Khachaturov dismissed as secretary general of CSTO
02.11.2018,
16:29
The Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has dismissed Yuri Khachaturov as secretary general of the organization.
YEREVAN, November 2. /ARKA/. The Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has dismissed Yuri Khachaturov as secretary general of the organization.
It said the procedure for early dismissal of the representative of the Republic of Armenia Yuri Khachaturov from the post of secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, initiated by the Armenian side has been completed.
The duties of the CSTO secretary general are entrusted to the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
Khachaturov, 65 was charged by the new Armenian government of having a role in the 2008 March 1 post-election unrest and arrested in late July, but was released shortly afterwards on a 5 million dram bail.
The decision of Armenian authorities to prosecute Khachaturov along with former president Robert Kocharyan and former defense minister Mikael Harutyunyan was criticized by Russia. Following the criticism Khachaturov was allowed to return to Moscow to perform his duties. -0-
It said the procedure for early dismissal of the representative of the Republic of Armenia Yuri Khachaturov from the post of secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, initiated by the Armenian side has been completed.
The duties of the CSTO secretary general are entrusted to the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
Khachaturov, 65 was charged by the new Armenian government of having a role in the 2008 March 1 post-election unrest and arrested in late July, but was released shortly afterwards on a 5 million dram bail.
The decision of Armenian authorities to prosecute Khachaturov along with former president Robert Kocharyan and former defense minister Mikael Harutyunyan was criticized by Russia. Following the criticism Khachaturov was allowed to return to Moscow to perform his duties. -0-
