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New name circulated for position of Armenia's Syunik Governor - newspaper
June 15, 2013 | 09:37
YEREVAN. - Following the recent tragic incident in Armenia's Goris
city, Governor Suren Khachatryan of Syunik Region handed in his
resignation and, subsequently, Deputy Governor Ara Dolunts was
appointed Acting Governor, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun (CI) daily
recalls.
`He [i.e., Dolunts] is Acting Governor, and this fact has caused a
variety of rumors. Incidentally, there is a group among the ruling
circles [of Armenia] that works against the appointment of Dolunts [as
governor].
According to CI's information, Colonel Melikset Poghosyan's (Melo)
candidacy as future governor is circulated, too. He is a fellow
countryman of [President] Serzh Sargsyan. Melo [just like Sargsyan]
was born in Tegh village of Goris region.
Melo took part in the Artsakh [i.e., Nagorno-Karabakh] movement. He
commanded a volunteer [military] unit in the years of the [Karabakh]
war. Afterward, he was a brigade commander for a long time, and he is
Goris Military Commissar since 2007. He was awarded the Order of the
First Degree Military Cross,' Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes.
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June 15, 2013 | 09:37
YEREVAN. - Following the recent tragic incident in Armenia's Goris
city, Governor Suren Khachatryan of Syunik Region handed in his
resignation and, subsequently, Deputy Governor Ara Dolunts was
appointed Acting Governor, Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun (CI) daily
recalls.
`He [i.e., Dolunts] is Acting Governor, and this fact has caused a
variety of rumors. Incidentally, there is a group among the ruling
circles [of Armenia] that works against the appointment of Dolunts [as
governor].
According to CI's information, Colonel Melikset Poghosyan's (Melo)
candidacy as future governor is circulated, too. He is a fellow
countryman of [President] Serzh Sargsyan. Melo [just like Sargsyan]
was born in Tegh village of Goris region.
Melo took part in the Artsakh [i.e., Nagorno-Karabakh] movement. He
commanded a volunteer [military] unit in the years of the [Karabakh]
war. Afterward, he was a brigade commander for a long time, and he is
Goris Military Commissar since 2007. He was awarded the Order of the
First Degree Military Cross,' Chorrord Inknishkhanutyun writes.
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From: Baghdasarian