May 11, 2007 - 17:14 AMT
Movses Hakobyan appointed NKR Defense Minister
May 11 NKR President Arkady Ghukasyan signed a decree on appointing Movses Hakobyan Defense Minister and Commander of the NKR Defense Army. By another decree Movses Hakobyan was dismissed from the post of the chief of the general staff of the Defense Army. Deputy Defense Minister Levon Mnatsakanyan assumed the vacant office, IA Regnum reports.

Today Nagorno Karabakh President Arkady Ghukasian also signed a decree on dismissal of Seyran Ohanyan from the post of Defense Minister and Commander of the NKR Defense Army.

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.