
Armenia: Pashinyan Sacks Defense Minister
Armenian Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan has been dismissed from his post and replaced with Suren Papikyan (photo).
The move follows recent escalations along the eastern Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Papikyan, who had been serving as Deputy Prime Minister, has no military background.
He’s Chairman of the Board of the ruling Civil Contract party.
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