  Armenia premier elected ruling RPA's first vice chairman January 27, 2017 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A council session of Armenia's ruling Republican Party (RPA) on Thursday, January 26 evening elected a new RPA board with 35 fresh members. Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan was elected the party's first vice chairman, deputy parliament speaker Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters. Karapetyan thus replaced former premier Hovik Abrahamyan who resigned as the country's PM in September, and announced about leaving the party just several days ago. Public and political figure Mushegh Lalayan, parliament speaker Galust Sahakyan and former education minister Armen Ashotyan were also elected as vice chairmen of the party, Panorama.am reports. Read also:President Sargsyan says doesn't mind changing elections date Related links:   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
