YEREVAN. – Karen Abrahamyan has been appointed Head of the Operative General Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia as well as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces; this is mentioned in the respective decree of President Armen Sarkissian.

By another presidential decree, and based on the Prime Minister's proposal, Tiran Khachatryan was appointed First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and relieved from the post of Head of the Operative General Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.