Armenian Defense Minister Confirmed As New Prime Minister

Emil Lazarian News

ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER

Focus News, Bulgaria
April 4 2007

Yerevan. Armenian President Robert Kocharian on Wednesday confirmed
former defense minister Serge Sarkisian as the country’s new prime
minister, the president’s press office said in a statement, AFP
reported.

The ruling Republican party nominated Sarkisian, a close ally of
Kocharian and a favorite to replace the president in 2008, for the
post on Monday.

He succeeds Andranik Margarian, who died of a heart attack on March
25 after seven years as prime minister.

Like Kocharian, Sarkisian is from the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh and fought in the 1988-1994 war in which Armenia seized the
enclave from Azerbaijan.

Sarkisian also chairs the Republican party’s ruling council and
is expected to play a key role in the party’s campaign for May 12
parliamentary elections.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS