Former KGB chief nominated ambassador to Armenia

The House of Representatives Committee on International Affairs and Relations with the CIS has confirmed the appointment of Stsyapan Sukharenka, former chief of the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB), as Belarus' ambassador to Armenia.

The appointment has yet to be approved by Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka, reported the Narodnaya Volya.