YEREVAN /ARКА/. Aram Hovhan- nisyan, the former Chief of Police of Armenia, has been appointed as the Chief of the Military Police within the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. “Following the recommendation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President Vahagn Khachaturyan has signed a decree to appoint Major Gen- eral Aram Hovhannisyan as Chief of the Military Police of the Ministry of Defense,” reported the press service of the Ministry of Defense. On August 13, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the issue of non-combat fatalities among military personnel, announcing forthcoming personnel changes in both the Military Police and the Moral and Psychologi- cal Support Department of the Minis- try of Defense. He stressed the importance of per- sonal accountability and mandated an investigation into why the current measures are failing to yield the de- sired outcomes. Pashinyan also remarked that he does not view the efforts of the Min- ister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff as inadequate in address- ing the issue. This statement followed the discovery of serviceman Grigor Zakaryan’s body in a military unit, which had a gunshot wound.
