Armenia said to merge Defense Ministry and General Staff

Discussions are under way to merge the Armenian Defense Ministry and the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Report informs, citing Armenia’s centrist Zhoghovurd newspaper.

According to the article, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense considers it important to return to the previous form of governance and merge the two agencies into a single structure. However, in this case, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Artak Davtyan will not be unemployed: "He would be appointed a first deputy defense minister."

According to the article, Armenian Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan has already decided to abolish a number of agencies, in particular the Control Department of the Defense Ministry.