Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
YEREVAN—The first appointments to new government posts were made Thursday when President Armen Sarkissian heeded the suggestion of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and appointed Artur Vanetsyan and Valery Osipyan as heads of the National Security Service and the National Police force respectively.
Osipayan, a familiar figure from street protests during the past two years will replace Vladimir Gasparyan while Vanetsyan will replace Georgy Koutoyan. The former security chiefs were relieved of their duties through a presidential decree.
After making the appointments, Pashinyan said he expected serious results from the newly-appointed security chiefs as they are the guarantors of national security and the safety of Armenia’s citizens.
“Our revolution has opened a new page. Before the revolution Veleri Osipyan and I, you and Valeri Osipyan, we and the Police were physically standing on the opposite sides of the barbed wires, and I thought that this decision will have certain symbolism,â€
