Armenia & Artsakh

Second Battalion Commander Relieved of Duty

The commander of the 2nd army battalion has been relieved of his post. This was stated in the decree of Vahagn Khachaturyan: “Based on the Prime Minister’s proposal, in accordance with Part 1 of Article 133 of the Constitution, as well as Part 3 of Article 40 of the Law on ‘Military Service and the Status of a Serviceman’. Vahram Grigoryan is to be relieved of the post of commander of the 2nd army corps”: Let us recall that on 19 January, at around 01:30, a fire broke out under still-unclarified circumstances in the quarters of the engineer-sapper company of

19 January 2023

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Բանակի 2-րդ գումարտակի հրամանատարը ազատուած է աշխատանքէն

The commander of the 2nd army battalion has been relieved of his post. This was stated in the decree of Vahagn Khachaturyan:

“Based on the Prime Minister’s proposal, in accordance with Part 1 of Article 133 of the Constitution, as well as Part 3 of Article 40 of the Law on ‘Military Service and the Status of a Serviceman’.

Vahram Grigoryan is to be relieved of the post of commander of the 2nd army corps”:

Let us recall that on 19 January, at around 01:30, a fire broke out under still-unclarified circumstances in the quarters of the engineer-sapper company of military unit N of the RA Ministry of Defense, located in the area of Azat village in Gegharkunik Province.

According to preliminary data, 15 servicemen were killed as a result of the fire that broke out in the quarters of the engineer-sapper company of military unit N of the Ministry of Defense, and the condition of 3 servicemen is assessed as serious: