By Armenian President Robert Kocharian's decree, President's Advisor for struggle against corruption, coordination of activities of national minorities and NGOs Bagrat Yesayan was removed from the office.

By another presidential decree Eduard Khurshudyan was removed from the post of Armenian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kyrgyzstan. The office will be assumed by Levon Khachatryan, the Armenian Ambassador to Kazakhstan (residence in Almaty).