  Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan resigns September 8, 2016 - 11:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan submitted his resignation at a government session on Thursday, September 8. His resignation was long rumored in the reports of Armenian media outlets which also speculated that Karen Karapetyan, a former mayor of Yerevan, will replace him as the new premier. “Honest, realistic approaches bore fruit, but the society is still polarized,” Abrahamyan said. “The society and the government need to unite their efforts. We need a new beginning, that's why I have decided to resign and give our President an opportunity to form a new government." A member of the ruling Republican Party, Abrahamyan was appointed the Prime Minister of Armeniaon on April 13, 2014. Previously he was the Speaker of the National Assembly.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
