  Draft proposal: Armenia could establish Minister of Interior January 21, 2021 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Justice Ministry of Armenia has proposed establishing a Ministry of Interior, according to a draft document published on a government website for proposed legal acts. According to the draft proposal, the Police, the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Migration and Citizenship Service, as well as the Police Educational Complex will be subordinated to the ministry. The Prime Minister will appoint and dismiss the heads of all the bodies , except for the police, upon the recommendation of the Minister of Interior. Under the proposal, the chief of police will continue directly controlling the day-to-day work of the police, while the Minister of Interior will be responsible for the development and implementation of policies in the field. A Ministry of Internal Affairs was established in Armenia in June 1992 by order of then President Levon Ter-Petrosyan. The Ministry was active until December 2002, when the ministry, along with the Ministry of National Security, was reorganized as a non-ministerial institution, with the Ministry of Internal Affairs becoming the Police of the Republic of Armenia.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
