YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Urban Development Minister—and coalition government’s junior member Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party member—Samvel Tadevosyan was operated on, on Tuesday at capital city Yerevan’s Nork-Marash Medical Center. Both the hospital and the minister’s press secretary Lusine Margaryan confirmed this information.  

Tadevosyan underwent an open heart surgery, Nork-Marash Medical Center told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In response to the query as to whether or not the minister had previous health problems, Lusine Margaryan noted that Samvel Tadevosyan had health issues to the extent that any person might have. She added that the worsening of the minister’s health had not occurred at his place of work.