Anahit Avanesyan

Armenian Health Minister apologises for ‘improper handling’ of soldiers remains

Senior officials in Armenia have been forced to apologise after a photo showing the remains of fallen soldiers stacked haphazardly in bags in a dirty room sparked outrage. ‘I would like to apologise to all the relatives for the improper maintenance of the bodies and remains’, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan wrote on Facebook on Monday. ‘It was my omission that after some relocations I did not personally visit again to make sure about the details of the maintenance of the remains’. The min