Top Armenian officials leave posts after PM Pashinyan asks for resignations

Russian President Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan meet in Moscow

FILE PHOTO: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2024. Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

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Six high-ranking Armenian officials resigned on Monday, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he had asked a number of them to step down from their positions.

"The reasons for making such a request are not personal, but systematic, something which I have spoken about publicly," Pashinyan wrote on Facebook on Monday.

The officials were reported to include Vahe Ghazaryan, the interior minister; Karen Andreasyan, chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council; Sasun Khachatryan, chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee; Argishti Kyaramyan, chairman of the Investigative Committee; Gnel Sanosyan, the territorial administration and infrastructures minister; and Rustam Badasian, chairman of the State Revenue Committee.

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By Reuters