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Published on April 11, 2008
POLITICAL COALITION STILL IN TALKS OVER NEW CABINET
- Armenia’s newly formed political coalition on Friday appeared to be still in talks over the distribution of roles in the emerging Cabinet, with its newly appointed head promising the negotiations would be completed by the end of the week. “You will be informed about decisions in a few days, but at this moment it is not correct to make any statement, because it will only hamper the discussions,” Tigran Sarkisian told reporters. The new prime minister also defended President Serzh Sarkisian’s election programs as a means to defuse tensions in society. “I think that Serzh Sarkisian gave an exhaustive answer to all questions in his inauguration speech [Wednesday] and I fully agree with the evaluations of the republic’s president, and I think the path that he has embarked on is the only way that will provide an opportunity to ensure an atmosphere of solidarity in our country,” Sarkisian (no relation to Serzh) said. “Serzh Sarkisian’s is quite an ambitious program that received our people’s approval during his election campaign and we shall fulfill this program.” Sarkisian also asked for some time to provide answers to all questions. “I think you should give me an opportunity… Don’t ask for answers to all questions now. It’s only two days since I took the prime minister’s job,” he said. Former chief banker Sarkisian, who is currently not affiliated with any political party and is considered to be a technocrat manager, agreed that his new job implied a serious political component. “No economic reform can be fulfilled without political contents, and the prime minister’s is a fully political post,” he said.
- By Ruben Meloyan
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Today in Armenian history- 1806 Birth of educator and literary figure Ruben Papazyan in Constantinople. He died in 1857 in Smyrna.
- 1865 Birth of poet, translator Alexander Tsatooryan.
- 1879 The Azgaser Union is created in Constantinople.
- 1915 Start of the 11-day defense of the Armenian town of Taron (Western Armenia).
- 1919 Having been found guilty of serious crimes in the Genocide of the Armenians of Yozghat, Kemal Bay was hung in Constantinople's Sultan Bayazet square. He was the deputy governor of Yozgat.
- 2001 Armenian Genocide Heirs Settle New York Life Insurance Company Class-Action Lawsuit concerning policy holders who were victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
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