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ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER
Focus News, Bulgaria
April 4 2007
Yerevan. Armenian President Robert Kocharian on Wednesday confirmed
former defense minister Serge Sarkisian as the country's new prime
minister, the president's press office said in a statement, AFP
reported.
The ruling Republican party nominated Sarkisian, a close ally of
Kocharian and a favorite to replace the president in 2008, for the
post on Monday.
He succeeds Andranik Margarian, who died of a heart attack on March
25 after seven years as prime minister.
Like Kocharian, Sarkisian is from the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh and fought in the 1988-1994 war in which Armenia seized the
enclave from Azerbaijan.
Sarkisian also chairs the Republican party's ruling council and
is expected to play a key role in the party's campaign for May 12
parliamentary elections.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Focus News, Bulgaria
April 4 2007
Yerevan. Armenian President Robert Kocharian on Wednesday confirmed
former defense minister Serge Sarkisian as the country's new prime
minister, the president's press office said in a statement, AFP
reported.
The ruling Republican party nominated Sarkisian, a close ally of
Kocharian and a favorite to replace the president in 2008, for the
post on Monday.
He succeeds Andranik Margarian, who died of a heart attack on March
25 after seven years as prime minister.
Like Kocharian, Sarkisian is from the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh and fought in the 1988-1994 war in which Armenia seized the
enclave from Azerbaijan.
Sarkisian also chairs the Republican party's ruling council and
is expected to play a key role in the party's campaign for May 12
parliamentary elections.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress