31/10/2019 11:49
Government appoints new governor in Armenia’s Vayots Dzor region
At the cabinet sitting today the Armenian government made a decision to appoint Ararat Grigoryan new governor of Armenia’s Vayots Dzor region.
The decision was briefed by the territorial management and infrastructures minister Suren Papikyan.
Vayots Dzor’s governor Trdat Sargsyan submitted resignation application on October 7.
The resignation followed the September 18 incident when an officer Ara Mkhitaryan was severely beaten. According to media reports, Sargsyan and his friends were involved in the incident.
Few days after the incident his aide and later his brother were arrested.