KARABAKH LEADER APPOINTS NEW PROSECUTOR

Arminfo, Yerevan
6 Feb 06

Stepanakert, 6 February: The president of the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic [NKR], Arkadiy Gukasyan, today relieved Mavrik Gukasyan of the post of prosecutor-general of the NKR due to his retirement. The head of the NKR presidential administration, Armen Zalinyan, has been appointed prosecutor-general, the presidential press service has told Arminfo.

Under another presidential decree, the secretary of the NKR Security Council, Karen Baburyan, has been named the head of the presidential administration. Today NKR president Gukasyan introduced the newly-appointed prosecutor-general, Armen Zalinyan, to the employees of the prosecutor's office.

[Passage omitted: Gukasyan urged the new prosecutor to implement reforms]