On Monday, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian approved resignation of the country’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.
According to RIA Novosti, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan dismissed Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian.
“Release Shavarsh Kocharyan from the post of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia”, – reads the prime minister’s order, the text of which is posted on the government’s website.
Earlier, the media have already reported about Kocharyan’s resignation, the republic’s Foreign Ministry denied these reports.