Feb 26 2021
Head of the Military Communications Division of the Armed Forces of Armenia, Colonel Artur Chatyan has joined the statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces calling on Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to resign.
Yerevan.Today stated the names of the officers of the General Staff who hadn’t joined the statement, and Colonel Chatyan was one of them. Colonel Chatyan told Yerevan.Today that he is currently under quarantine due to the coronavirus and that he would sign under the statement, if he knew about it.
The administration of the General Staff of the Armed Forces issued a statement stating that the Prime Minister of Armenia and the Cabinet are no longer capable of adopting adequate decisions and that the army demands Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.
After this statement was made, Nikol Pashinyan went live on Facebook and said he has signed the decree on dismissing Onik Gasparyan from the position of Chief of the General Staff, and the Staff of the President of Armenia confirmed the news that the President has received the recommendation, but has yet to sign it.
Only three officers of the General Staff haven’t joined the statement.