Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mesrop Arakelyan resigned today.

In a Facebook post, Arakelyan does not specify why he is stepping down, but does say that many of the social problems resulting from last year’s war in Artsakh have either been resolved or are in the process of being resolved.

“Today, we can state that Artsakh has overcome the social crisis and has entered the stage of development programs and housing construction. In this connection   I express my satisfaction and consider the primary social challenges sufficiently overcome,” Arakelyan writes.

Arakelyan was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in November 2020.