YEREVAN. - Chairman of Armenian State Revenue Committee Gagik Khachatryan handed in resignation to Armenian President on Monday, Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper reports. Sources close to the presidential administration consider the resignation will be approved. Deputies to Chairman of Armenian State Revenue Committee Ruben Kocharyan and Armen Alaverdyan also confirmed the information.

Early in August the newspaper wrote Gagik Khachatryan went on vacation and he would resign after he returns. Spokesperson for Armenian President Armen Arzumanyan did not refute the information on Khacahtrayn’s resignation. Referring to the question whether President Sargsyan signed the decree on his resignation, Arzumanyan replied: “The president’s decrees are published in due course.”