Armenia ruling party to officially nominate ex-president for PMApril 14, 2018 - 15:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) announced on Saturday, April 14 that they have decided to nominate former president Serzh Sargsyan for the post of the prime minister of the country. At an RPA Executive council session, top party officials agreed to nominate current acting premier Karen Karapetyan for the position of the first deputy prime minister. The official nomination of the candidates will be made at a parliament sitting on Monday, April 16. Armenia is going through the final stage of making a shift from a semi-presidential system of government to a parliamentary one following a transition process that lasted about two years. Former ambassador to the United Kingdom Armen Sarkissian was sworn in as the country’s fourth president on April 9, while the parliament is set to elect a new prime minister on April 17. Sarkissian who briefly held the prime minister’s post back in the 1990s, is a physicist and formerly a professor at the University of Cambridge, famous for his broad connections in the international scientific and business circles and close ties with the British Royal Family. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, he worked for such major international organizations as BP and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Sarkissian’s new role has largely ceremonial functions and no real power as the actual power will be given to the prime minister. Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |