May 11, 2007 - 15:54 AMT
NKR president signed decree on dismissing Seyran Ohanyan from post of Defense Minister
May 11 Nagorno Karabakh President Arkady Ghukasian signed a decree on dismissal of Seyran Ohanyan from the post of Defense Minister and Commander of the NKR Defense Army, IA Regnum reports.

Presently Seyran Ohanyan is one of the candidates for the post of the chief of the RA armed forces' general staff. May 2 he announced that he received the proposal on the appointment and gave consent.

Presently the authority of chief of the RA armed forces' general staff is entrusted to first deputy Enrico Apriamov.

The post is vacant after the appointment of Mikael Harutyunyan Defense Minister of Armenia.