Armenian Transport Minister refutes rumors about staff purges in the ministry

ArmInfo. The Minister of  Transport, Communications and Information Technologies of Armenia  Vahan Martirosyan disagrees with statements that he purges personnel  of former Minister Gagik Beglaryan. 

After the regular session of the government Martirosyan told  journalists that recently Transport Programs Implementation  Organization was established based on merge of "North-South Road  Corridor Investment Program" implementing organization SNCO and  Office for implementation of Transport Ministry Programs. A temporary  director was appointed who will finish the process of merger after  which a competition will be announced to select the head of the  Organization.

Commenting on the rumors that he is trying to get rid of the staff of  the former Minister Minister Martirosyan asked to refrain from such  formulations. ''Only 2-3 people were dismissed in the whole ministry  and they were not anybody's supporters'', he stated.  To recall,  merger of the two Offices was announced on December 15 2016. As a  result 107 mln drams would be saved, as it was announced. The number  of employees will be reduced to 37 from 46, 13 out of 19 contract  workers will be dismissed.