Armenian defence minister set to join ruling party – agency

Mediamax news agency
14 Jul 06

Yerevan, 14 July: Armenian Defence Minister Serzh Sarkisyan said in Yerevan
today that he had applied for membership of the Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA).

The RPA is a member of the ruling coalition. The party’s chairman Andranik
Markaryan has been holding the post of Armenian prime minister since May 2000.
The deputy chairman of the party, Tigran Torosyan, was elected speaker
of the Armenian National Assembly in June.