Former Armenian Defense Minister Vagarshak Arutyunyan appointed ambassador in Russia. This decree today, January 5, signed the President of the country Armen Sargsyan, reports “satellite”.
in 1999-2000. Vagarshak Harutyunyan served as Minister of Defense of Armenia. Then engaged in political activities. In 2002, he was held by the ex-president Robert Kocharyan and deprived of the title of Lieutenant General.
In 2019 by decree of the President of the country, Armen Sargsyan was restored to the rank. In August 2020, he was appointed chief adviser to Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan, and at the end of November of the same year – Minister of Defense.