ArmInfo. Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan has tendered his resignation at the ongoing Government sitting.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has started forming a so-called "government of national accord". For that purpose Karen Karapetyan, ex- mayor of Yerevan, Deputy CEO for Strategic Development at Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, has already been invited to Yerevan. The Armenian President is going to offer Karapetyan to head the "government of national accord". The incumbent Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan after resignation will the campaign headquarters of the Republican Party of Armenia in the run-up to the parliamentary elections of 2017. The ministerial office will also undergo some changes. For instance, Head of the Armenian President's Staff Vigen Sargsyan will be appointed foreign minister, and the incumbent Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will be sent to France as an ambassador. It is not ruled out that National Security Council Secretary Armen Gevorgyan will replace Vigen Sargsyan as the head of the President's Staff. In that case, the Security Council will become part of the President's Administration. According to the source, Head of the Customs Service Hovik Hovsepyan may be dismissed in the near future. The former Prosecutor General, Gevorg Kostanyan, will replace Yuri Vardanyan as Armenia's Ambassador to Georgia. Acting Prosecutor General Armen Harutyunyan's nominee will be advanced for the prosecutor general's post.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will discuss the upcoming staff reshuffle in the Government with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) at the RPA Council's meeting later in the evening.
ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will discuss the upcoming personnel reshuffle in the Government with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) at the RPA Council's session on September 8.
ArmInfo The data about Karen Karapetyan, ex- mayor of Yerevan, Deputy CEO for Strategic Development at Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, have already been deleted from the website of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz.