 Armenia ex-President explains his 2018 resignation December 18, 2021 - 16:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former President Serzh Sargsyan has spoken about the reasons behind his decision to step down in the spring of 2018 during the 17th congress of Republican Party of Armenia. Sargsyan said he left wishing peace and harmony to the country, so that the nation, that had been "deceived and manipulated by populists and external stakeholders who brought them to power for clear geopolitical purposes", can calm down. "[I left] so that no blood is shed inside the country, while the thousands of enthusiastic people gathered in the square could build the country of their dreams, demanding accountability from those who came to power," Sargsyan added. He said he would be happy if peace and harmony were established in the country, but none of those things remained in the past three and a half days. Sargsyan resigned on April 23, 2018, weeks after a nationwide campaign led by now Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to oust former authorities paralyzed the country with massive rallies and demonstrations, walk-outs and strikes.   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. |
