Narine Khachaturian was dismissed as Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, the official website of the government reports. The respective decision was signed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday, January 20.
Khachaturian was appointed to serve as deputy minister in June 2019. Prior that, she served as an MP from the ruling "My Step" faction at the National Assembly.
The dismissal comes a day after an incident involving Khachaturian during an exhibition at Artists' Union of Armenia. Khachaturian was being interviewed by a reporter when a woman intervened and insulted the deputy minister, reproaching the reporter for interviewing what she called 'the representative of treacherous authorities.' Khachaturian kept silence and didn't respond to the woman's remarks.