Ally of resigning Armenian PM to become acting PM: RIA

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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 - 02:45 GMT

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Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan addresses the crowd during the party's campaign rally on March 22, 2017 in Artashat, ahead of April 2 parliamentary elections. (AFP / Karen MINASYAN)

Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan addresses the crowd during the party's campaign rally on March 22, 2017 in Artashat, ahead of April 2 parliamentary elections. (AFP / Karen MINASYAN)

MOSCOW - 24 April 2018: Karen Karapetyan, Armenia’s first deputy prime minister, will become acting prime minister after incumbent Serzh Sarksyan said earlier on Monday he would resign, the RIA news agency cited the government press service as saying.

Karapetyan, an ally of Sarksyan’s, previously served as prime minister from September 2016 to April 2018.

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