President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has signed a decree on posthumously conferring the Order of the Homeland upon commander of a military unit of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, Colonel Vahagn Asatryan. The decree is posted on the official website of the President of Armenia.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan submitted a petition to the President to posthumously award the title of National Hero of Armenia to military unit commander, Colonel Vahagn Asatryan. Pashinyan on Thursday morning informed about this on Facebook.

"Colonel Asatryan fell heroically two days ago while defending the homeland from Turkish-Azerbaijani-terrorist aggression," he added.