Acting Minister of Defense of Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan has resigned. The presidential administration told Lurer that they had received a suggestion from the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia to dismiss Vagharshak Harutyunyan. Harutyunyan was appointed Minister of Defense immediately after the war on November 20. President Armen Sarkissian also received a suggestion to dismiss Arshak Karapetyan, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.