STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR; Artsakh) President Bako Sahakyan on Saturday signed a decree in connection with the Police Officer’s Day, which is marked in the NKR on November 30.

Accordingly, and for their personal courage shown in the combat actions to defend the Motherland and for their conscientious carrying out of their service duties, the medal For Service in Battle is awarded to the following police officers:

Lieutenant Colonel Ashot Avanesyan; Head of the Communications Department of the Police under the NKR Cabinet of Ministers,

Police Captain Garegin Harutyunyan; Commander of the No. 1 Infantry Company of the Security Guard Battalion of the State Protection Department of the Police under the NKR Cabinet of Ministers, and 

Police Captain Arsen Ghulyan; Operations Officer of the Martuni Regional Department Criminal Investigation Division of the Police under the NKR Cabinet of Ministers.

On the same day, the President also signed a decree on conferring the rank of Police Colonel to Lieutenant Colonel Nver Tovmasyan, Head of the Financial and Economic Department of the Police under the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Cabinet of Ministers.