ROBERT KOCHARIAN: I AM CONVINCED THAT IN THIS RESPONSIBLE PERIOD SERGE SARGSIAN IS ABLE TO HEAD GOVERNMENT
Noyan Tapan
Apr 05 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 5, NOYAN TAPAN. RA government’s sitting took place on
April 5. It was conducted by RA President Robert Kocharian. Before
touching upon the issues on the agenda the President presented
the members of RA government his April 4 decree "On Appointing RA
Prime Minister," by which Acting Defence Minister Serge Sargsian was
appointed as RA Prime Minister.
"I think there is no necessity to introduce Serge Sargsian. I will
only remind that he has been member of government since 1993 up to
present and in this period he worked in the president’s staff for
nearly 6 months. More than 8 years, nearly 8 years and a half, he
has been a Defence Minister heading the Armenian army, the army all
of us are proud of. And of course, it is difficult to overestimate
Serge Sargsian’s contribution in full formation of the army.
I personally have known him long: he is a hard-working, decent,
consistent personality. I am convinced that he is able to head the
government in this responsible period, especially as we have no other
person having such experience," R. Kocharian said.
As Noyan Tapan was informed from RA government Information and Public
Relations Department, RA President called members of RA government for
organizing their work in the whole preelectoral period so as not to
damage the normal work of Ministries’ staffs and for these processes
not to have an impact on the quality of the work in any way.