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Karen Karapetyan and Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation

April 26, 2018 by administrator

19:44, 26 April, 2018
YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. Acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan had a phone conversation with RF President Vladimir Putin. The interlocutors touched upon the internal political situation in Armenia. As Armenpress reports, this is the official website of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

It should be noted that the regulation of the crisis in Armenia should take place exclusively in the legal field within the framework of the existing Constitution and in 2017. based on the results of the legitimate parliamentary elections in April. In that context it was emphasized by the RA NA The importance of the May 1 election of the Prime Minister.

Karen Karapetyan appointed Vice Premier

April 18, 2018 by administrator

President Armen Sarkissian has signed a decree to appoint former Prime Minster Karen Karapetyan as Vice Premier.

Karapetyan, who headed the cabinet of ministers from September 2016 until April 2017, tendered his resignation last Monday following the fourth president’s inauguration.

The National Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly elected Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister.

Vache Gabrielyan, a former vice premier and minister of economic integration and reforms, and Armen Gevorgyan, a former minister of territorial integration, have been appointed as deputy prime ministers.

Karen Karapetyan appointed Prime Minister of Armenia

May 18, 2017 by administrator

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has signed on Thursday a degree, appointing Karen Karapetyan as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

“Guided by Part 4 of Article 55 of the RA Constitution of the 2005 amendments, I decide: To appoint Karen Karapetyan as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia,” reads the President’s decree available on the official website of the President’s office.

To add, the new cabinet will be formed within a period of twenty days upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister.

Armenian PM: I promise to spare no effort and energy so that we create New Armenia

April 4, 2017 by administrator

Prime Minister of Armenia, Karen Karapetyan,

YEREVAN. – It is indisputable for all sections of the society that Sunday’s parliamentary elections were conducted at a higher level than in previous years.

The Prime Minister of Armenia, Karen Karapetyan, wrote about the aforementioned on his Facebook page.

“The vote, which our team [the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)] got, is binding. We [RPA] clearly realize the accountability we are assuming, and we are determined to bring to fruition the mandate of changes given by the people.

“I promise to spare no effort and energy so that we create a NEW ARMENIA, that every citizen of our country feels better than before,” Karapetyan wrote, in particular.

According to preliminary results of Sunday’s National Assembly election, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia has received the most number of votes, with over 49 percent.

“Serzh Sargsyan appoints Karen Karapetyan to “stand in for him” until 2018”. Styopa Safaryan

November 28, 2016 by administrator

Styopa Safaryan
Founder & head of research programmes of the Armenian Institute of International and Security Affairs

By Luiza SUKIASYAN

“Since Serzh Sargsyan has not ruled out his perspective of becoming a Prime Minister after 2018, an important question arises whether he will see Karen Karapetyan off after the parliamentary elections and later. The RPA Congress answered this question: until the end of the term of Serzh Sargsyan’s power in 2018, Serzh Sargsyan appoints Karen Karapetyan a stand in for him and as to what he will do after the end of his term in office, the question remains open,” said political scientist Styopa Safaryan to Aravot.am, referring to statements voiced in the RPA Congress that in the case of obtaining a vote of confidence in the nearest parliamentary elections, Karen Karapetyan will be nominated as a candidate for the RPA prime minister. In his description, Serzh Sargsyan has made an important move for him, “He has reduced the risks associated with the acute struggle for being a prime minister inside the team. Serzh Sargsyan has once seen it in the face of Hovik Abrahamyan’s and Tigran Sargsyan’s struggle. In addition, Serzh Sargsyan eased the Russian threats for him. In the past, in the form of Armenian players and directly especially in 2013-2014, it was shown that Tigran Sargsyan is an unwanted Prime Minister and Serzh Sargsyan keeps him literally. Now, it seems that Serzh Sargsyan should not have fears of the political forces with Russian orientation because if they try to come out against the government, it would turn out that they want to come out against Tigran Karapetyan, a “man of Moscow”.”

Styopa Safaryan does not rule out that in the context of all this, Russia after the events in April pursuing the goal to regain the trust will apply to cajoling actions in the military-political field, “Maybe they will become more tactful. Recently, it has become obvious that the Russians have become cool and are a little afraid to advance their plan on Karabakh which they were formerly doing it in rather a brazen way,” noted the political scientist.

Armenia ruling party approves Karen Karapetyan’s candidacy for the post of PM

September 9, 2016 by administrator

YEREVAN. – The session of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Council on Thursday approved the candidacy of Karen Karapetyan for the post of the country’s prime minister.

Armenian National Assembly (NA) MP Artak Zakaryan, who is also the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, told the aforementioned to journalists after the session.

To the question as to whether the resignation of ministers was discussed, the MP noted: “Only one issue was discussed.”

In his words, Karen Karapetyan will present his steps to the public in near future.

The session was also attended by the ex-PM Hovik Abrahamyan, who expressed gratitude in his speech.

Analyst: Karen Karapetyan will be appointed Prime Minister of Armenia from Moscow,

September 9, 2016 by administrator

analyst YEREVAN. – Karen Karapetyan will be appointed Prime Minister of Armenia from Moscow, political scientist Aghasi Yenokyan said at a press conference on Friday.

He noted this commenting on PM Hovik Abrahamyan’s resignation, and Karapetyan’s likely designation in his place.

“Karen Karapetyan is noteworthy because he is coming to Armenia’s political arena from outside, and he doesn’t belong to any group of the party in power [in the country],” added Yenokyan. “So, his [expected] appointment can’t be described as a compromise between them.

“Since he previously held the position of deputy director of one of [Russia’s] Gazprom companies, now, they [i.e. the Armenian authorities] have just invited him from Moscow to appoint him Prime Minister.”

At the end of Thursday’s Cabinet session, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan issued a statement informing that he is stepping down.

And during the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Board meeting later in the evening, President of Armenia and RPA Chairman Sargsyan announced that he has decided to nominate Karen Karapetyan as the next Prime Minister of Armenia.

Karapetyan is the former mayor of capital city Yerevan, and former general director of ArmRosGazprom natural gas company.