Pashinyan dismisses Chief of Army General Staff![]() February 25, 2021 - 12:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced the dismissal of the Chief of Army General Staff, Colonel General Onik Gasparyan, les than an hour after the General Staff demanded Pashinyan's resignation. Pashinyan described the General Staff's demand for his resignation as "a military coup attempt" and called on his supporters to gather in downtown Yerevan on Thursday, February 25. According to him, the decision to dismiss the Chief of Staff was made before the publication of the demand for his resignation. The President has yet to sign the decree. As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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. Partner news |