Upon the decision of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Gevorg Loretsyan has been dismissed from the office of Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, as reported the website of the Government of Armenia.

On December 5, Gevorg Loretsyan, his driver and the president of a football club were arrested after being suspected of receiving bribes.

According to the preliminary information obtained by the National Security Service, during tenders declared for obtaining sport equipment and sport clothes for the needs of institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, the deputy minister provided support to an economic entity that is the president of a football club operating in Armenia and the de facto head of several supplying companies. With the help of his driver, the deputy minister reached an agreement to receive a bribe in particularly large amounts, if the economic entity won the tenders.