ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian today signed a decree appointing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. "Armenian citizens have the right to live in a prosperous country, where everyone, confident of today, must also be confident in the future of his children and grandchildren," said Armenian President Armen Sarkissian at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
According to the press service of the Prime Minister's Office, the President, congratulating the Parliament of the 7th convocation, stated that the legislator has a lot to do at this stage. "Our parliament has much to do in order for the ideas of the velvet revolution, hopes and expectations to become a reality," he said.
Armen Sarkissian also congratulated Nikol Pashinyan on his appointment as prime minister. "Citizens should feel pride in the country, and not only emotionally, but in essence. Citizens should live in a country dominated by law and law, where the state is governed by laws and the Constitution, and not by someone else's whims. Our citizens have the right to live in a prosperous country ", Sarkissian said.
As the President of the Republic pointed out, it is very important that the duties of the various authorities and their rights be clearly defined and delineated. "It is extremely important that all branches of the government, as well as the fourth power, can cooperate harmoniously to achieve one common goal. I want to wish you good luck and success from the bottom of my heart," the Armenian President said.
Nikol Pashinyan, in turn, stressed that the main political achievement of the new government is that democracy was established in the country, and power was fully returned to the people. According to him, it remains to consolidate democracy with institutional guarantees, so that democracy, the rule of law, the availability of economic activity in the country is determined not by individuals, but by political and state institutions.