Mayor of Yerevan Karen Karapetyan has launched “staff cleansing”, according to Armenian media reports.

“The new structure of the administration envisages staff changes,” Shushan Sardaryan, the spokesperson for the Yerevan Mayor, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Personnel secretary Grigor Melkumyan and chief architect Samvel Danielyan have been relieved from their duties. Heads of Nor Nork, Kentron and Shengavit communities are also expected to be dismissed.