Armenia gets new Emergency Minister

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan on Tuesday signed a decree to appoint Armen Pambukhchyan as Minister of Emergency Situations, the press service of the Armenian leader said, Report informs, citing TASS.

"Based on the Prime Minister's proposal, appoint Armen Pambukhchyan as the Minister of Emergency Situations," the decree of the Armenian President says.

The former Emergency Minister of Armenia, Andranik Piloyan, was arrested on March 31 on charges of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale.