June 8, 2021 - 16:33 AMT
Armenia: Deputy Foreign Ministers' resignations accepted

Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan on Tuesday, June 8 signed decisions to dismiss Deputy Foreign Ministers Avet Adonts, Artak Apitonyan and Gagik Ghalachyan, the government's press office reports.

All the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the country submitted resignations last week, less than 10 days after then acting Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian left his post.

Armenia is heading into snap parliamentary elections on June 20, more than seven months after a devastating war, unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).