Draft proposal: Armenia could establish Minister of InteriorJanuary 21, 2021 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Justice Ministry of Armenia has proposed establishing a Ministry of Interior, according to a draft document published on a government website for proposed legal acts. According to the draft proposal, the Police, the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Migration and Citizenship Service, as well as the Police Educational Complex will be subordinated to the ministry. The Prime Minister will appoint and dismiss the heads of all the bodies , except for the police, upon the recommendation of the Minister of Interior. Under the proposal, the chief of police will continue directly controlling the day-to-day work of the police, while the Minister of Interior will be responsible for the development and implementation of policies in the field. A Ministry of Internal Affairs was established in Armenia in June 1992 by order of then President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. The Ministry was active until December 2002, when the ministry, along with the Ministry of National Security, was reorganized as a non-ministerial institution, with the Ministry of Internal Affairs becoming the Police of the Republic of Armenia. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |