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ACCORDING TO "HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK," SERGE SARGSIAN TO BE APPOINTED RA
PRIME MINISTER, SEYRAN OHANIAN TO BE APPOINTED DEFENCE MINISTER
YEREVAN, MARCH 27, NOYAN TAPAN. It was decided during the March 26
consultation of the coalition forces taken place at RA President
Robert Kocharian's office that Defence Minister Serge Sargsian must be
appointed on the RA Prime Minister's post. The "Haykakan Zhamanak"
(Armenian Time) daily writes about it in the March 17 issue. Besides
the RA President, S. Sargsian, National Assembly Speaker, RPA Deputy
Chairman Tigran Torosian, ARF Bureau representative Hrant Margarian,
ARF Armenia Supreme Body representative Armen Rustamian, NA ULP
faction head Gurgen Arsenian and member of the same faction Levon
Poghosian, heads of NA "People's Deputy" and "Businessman" deputy's
groups Karen Karapetian and Grigor Margarian also participated in the
consultation. According to the "Haykakan Zhamanak" information, just
at the beginning of the meeting R. Kocharian persuaded those present
not to dicsuss the Prime Minister's candidature as it is obvious that
S. Sargsian must be appointed on that post. Quoting well-informed
sources, the newspaper also writes that after S. Sargsian's
appointment as the Prime Minister, NKR Defence Minister Seyran Ohanian
is considered the most probable candidate for the RA Defence
Minister's post. To recap, according to the coalition agreement, the
RA Prime Minister's post is preserved for the Republican Party, and
the candidate for the Prime Minister's post will be decided at the RPA
Council sitting in the coming days.
PRIME MINISTER, SEYRAN OHANIAN TO BE APPOINTED DEFENCE MINISTER
YEREVAN, MARCH 27, NOYAN TAPAN. It was decided during the March 26
consultation of the coalition forces taken place at RA President
Robert Kocharian's office that Defence Minister Serge Sargsian must be
appointed on the RA Prime Minister's post. The "Haykakan Zhamanak"
(Armenian Time) daily writes about it in the March 17 issue. Besides
the RA President, S. Sargsian, National Assembly Speaker, RPA Deputy
Chairman Tigran Torosian, ARF Bureau representative Hrant Margarian,
ARF Armenia Supreme Body representative Armen Rustamian, NA ULP
faction head Gurgen Arsenian and member of the same faction Levon
Poghosian, heads of NA "People's Deputy" and "Businessman" deputy's
groups Karen Karapetian and Grigor Margarian also participated in the
consultation. According to the "Haykakan Zhamanak" information, just
at the beginning of the meeting R. Kocharian persuaded those present
not to dicsuss the Prime Minister's candidature as it is obvious that
S. Sargsian must be appointed on that post. Quoting well-informed
sources, the newspaper also writes that after S. Sargsian's
appointment as the Prime Minister, NKR Defence Minister Seyran Ohanian
is considered the most probable candidate for the RA Defence
Minister's post. To recap, according to the coalition agreement, the
RA Prime Minister's post is preserved for the Republican Party, and
the candidate for the Prime Minister's post will be decided at the RPA
Council sitting in the coming days.