ArmInfo."Today the Armenian government meets for the last time in this personnel, I want to express my gratitude for the joint work," he said. Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan on May 3 at a government meeting. Officially, he has not yet resigned.
According to the acting Prime Minister, the period of joint work was marked by interesting work. In this regard, he proposed to report to the public for the work done. "My last instruction and request to all colleagues: in good faith we continue to fulfill our duties until the formation of a new Cabinet of Ministers," Karapetyan said.
As acting Prime Minister stressed the state servant should continue implementing his functional duties till the end, not succumbing to emotions and, despite the just and unfair accusations that were made in the last period.
Besides, as Karen Karapetyan pointed out, the agenda of today's government meeting includes only current issues. "The agenda does not include the fundamental issues that are in the focus of our administration: in the health sector - the issue of introducing health insurance, in the socio-economic field - the prospect of reducing the income tax to enable the next Cabinet to decide whether to do it or not ", - Karen Karapetyan said. To note, Karen Karapetyan, previously deputy general director for international projects of Gazprom energoholding, and before that the head of Gazprom - Armenia was appointed to the post of prime minister of Armenia September 13, 2016. In many respects, thanks to the figure of Karen Karapetyan, independent observers believe that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia managed to facilitate its victory in the parliamentary elections, which during that period became the "face and voice" of the agitation campaign of the RPA. Karen Karapetyan continued to perform duties as acting Prime Minister until the election of the new head of government on April 17, 2018, Serzh Sargsyan, after which he was appointed to the post of first deputy prime minister.