 Armenia MP says sceptical about president’s plans for PM's post December 22, 2017 - 10:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lawmaker from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Vahram Baghdasaryan has expressed the view that president Serzh Sargsyan won’t be seeking the prime minister’s post after his tenure ends in 2018. According to him, the RPA council and the executive body have yet to discuss the issue. The member of the National Assembly urged the media to be patient and follow the developments. Also, Baghdasaryan said the party does have several possible candidates besides Sargsyan. “If we did not consider Karen Karapetyan to be deserving, we wouldn’t trust him the prime minister’s post,” the lawmaker said, adding, however, that Karapetyan has been involved in the economic aspect of the country’s governance so far. “We’ll review everyone’s considerations and approaches and will focus on the issue in 2018."   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. |
