LISBON, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese Defense Minister Azeredo Lopes resigned from the government on Friday, Portuguese Lusa News Agency reported.
Azeredo Lopes presented his resignation to Prime Minister Antonio Costa earlier in the day, and a source in the Defense Ministry's office told Lusa that the resignation had already been accepted by the prime minister.
There have been request of dismissal of Azeredo Lopes recently as the process of judicial investigation to the theft and recovery of the stolen arms in the arms depot of Tancos, some 130 km northeast of Lisbon in June 2017, is underway.
