ArmInfo. Acting minister of economy Artsvik Minasyan is having a meeting with the managing staff of the ministry now. He has told them he is leaving the post of the economy minister to take the post of the natural protection minister, according to ArmInfo's source at the Economy Ministry.
A few minutes earlier, Minasyan told a news conference the prime minister does not see him on the post of the minister of investments and entrepreneurship promotion. Minasyan also noted that he received several proposals to work in other sectors, however, he did not specify the sectors. "The given issue will be discussed at the session of the ARFD Supreme Body and the decision will be publicized," he said, assuring that there is no tension in ARFD's relations with Karen Karapetyan.
According to mass media rumors, Natural Protection Minister Aramais Grigoryan will be appointed as Governor of the Ararat region replacing Ruben Abrahamyan, the relative of the ex-prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan, on that post.