According to Zhoghovurd daily, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan introduced the newly-appointed Health Minister Derenik Dumanyan to the ministry staff, with former minister Harutyun Kushkyan missing the event.

Prime Minister Sargsyan said he himself let the ex-minister miss the meeting, the paper says.

Mr. Kushkyan’s spokesperson Shushan Hunanyan wasn’t present at the event, either due to being on vacation, the daily reports.