Yerevan, January 9 /Mediamax/. “VimpelCom” confirmed today the information, according to which Oleg Bliznyuk made a decision to leave the position of the General Director of the Armenian “ArmenTel” Telecommunications Company.

Commenting on the request of Mediamax on the information about Oleg Bliznyuk’s resignation from the position of the General Director of “ArmenTel”, the Senior Manager of “VimpelCom” Public Relations Service Artem Minaev stated:

“Oleg Bliznyuk really made a decision on December 29 of 2007 to leave “ArmenTel”, since he received an interesting proposal from another company. Under Oleg’s guidance, our business in Armenia developed quite dynamically. First of all, we are please by our financial results. Besides, a large volume of work was carried out on renovation and replacement of equipment and development of infrastructure, which will allow the networks of “ArmenTel” later on corresponding to the most modern standards. “ArmenTel” is now searching a candidate for the position of the General Director”.

Mediamax recalls that “VimpelCom” is the 100% owner of “ArmenTel”.