Karabakh leader appointed chief of staff shortly after dissolution decreeDecember 23, 2023 - 14:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Vladimir Grigoryan, an adviser to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) President Samvel Shahramanyan, has confirmed that after Shahramanyan signed the decree to dissolve Artsakh, he signed another decree to appoint Sargis Galstyan, who lived in Stepanakert and previously held positions, as his chief of his staff. A decree signed by Shahramanian disbanded all government bodies and said that the unrecognized republic, which had been set up in September 1991, will cease to exist on January 1. It came just over a week after Azerbaijan’s military offensive that forced Karabakh’s small army to lay down weapons and restored Azerbaijani control over the region. "Of course, a decree was signed by which he was appointed, but I do not know for what purposes," said Grigoryan, according to RFE/RL’s Armenian service. According to him, each person has decided for themselves whether they want to stay and integrate into Azerbaijan or to leave Artsakh. "The people of Artsakh did not accept integration, because 32 years ago they made their choice to live freely and independently in Artsakh," he stressed, adding that 20-30 people remained in Artsakh, including Sargis Galstyan. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |