ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE FOR SECOND TERM
Xinhua General News Service, China
April 9, 2013 Tuesday 9:24 AM EST
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was sworn in for the second term
on Tuesday, vowing to prioritize economic development.
Sargsyan, who garnered about 57 percent of the vote in the February
election, was inaugurated at a special session of the National Assembly
held outside the parliament building.
In his inaugural address, Sargsyan said the country’s priority in
the coming five years will be economic development.
Particularly, Armenia would focus on solving three “main challenges,”
namely migration, unemployment and poverty, he added.
According to the constitution, the prime minister and the cabinet
should resign on the day the president assumes office, and would
continue to perform their duties until a new government is put in
place within 20 days.
Sargsyan is Armenia’s third president since the country gained
independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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