Armenian Outgoing President Says May Become PM

Armenia's outgoing President Serzh Sarksyan said on Monday he may be nominated for prime minister - an increasingly powerful position - following the election of his ally as president this month. Parliament chose Armen Sarkissian, a former prime minister and ambassador to Britain, as president on March 2 in a vote that was meant to herald the start of a power shift to the prime minister and parliament. Opposition leaders have accused Sarksyan of planning to become prime minister so...

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