President of Armenia introduced new Prime Minister to governmentApril 5, 2007 - 17:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of Armenia Robert Kocharian held a session of the RA government April 4, the Press Office of the Armenian Government reports. Before passing to discussion of issues included in the agenda, the President introduced to the cabinet his order on appointing Serzh Sargsyan as Armenia's Prime Minister. "May be there is no need in introducing Serzh Sargsyan to you, I'd like only to remind that he is a member of cabinet from 1993 up today, and 6 months from this period he has worked in the RA presidential administration. He occupied the post of RA Defense Minister more than 8 years. The army that we are proud of and Serzh Sargsyan's personal contribution to strengthening our armed forces is difficult to appreciate. I know Serzh Sargsyan for a long time as an industrious, responsible and consistent person. I am sure on this responsible moment he is able to lead the government, we do not have another person with such a huge experience," Robert Kocharian said. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |