RIA Novosti, Russia
March 25 2007

Putin conveys condolences over Armenia premier’s death
17:50 | 25/ 03/ 2007

MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti) – President of Russia Vladimir Putin
has conveyed his condolences over the death of Armenian Prime
Minister Andranik Markaryan, the Kremlin press office said Sunday.

Markaryan, aged 56, died Sunday morning of heart attack.

Markaryan was Armenia’s prime minister from May 2000.

In 1997, he was elected chairman of the Republican Party, which came
to head the ruling coalition in Armenia in 2003.