Armenian PM sacks national security chief

Armenia's prime minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday that he had sacked National Security Service chief Artur Vanetsyan, the first dismissal of a high-ranking official in his cabinet. Pashinyan told a news conference the decision was based on "bilateral consent".

Pashinyan came to power in a peaceful revolution last year after protests against corruption and cronyism. Vanetsyan, who became the National Security Service head after last year's revolution, sent Pashinyan a letter, also published in local media, in which he criticized the prime minister's working methods.

Vanetsyan remains head of the Armenian Football Federation.

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