[ last updated 17:12 ] Serzh Sarkisian pledged to effect democratic change and called for national reconciliation and unity on Wednesday as he was sworn in as Armenia’s president amid unusually tight security measures taken by the authorities.
[ last updated 17:18 ] The United States expects President Serzh Sarkisian to restore civil liberties and take other “dramatically positive steps” to resolve Armenia’s grave political crisis, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
[ last updated 17:21 ] Tigran Sarkisian, the longtime chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA), was appointed as the country’s new prime minister on Wednesday.
[ last updated 17:09 ] “Aravot” editorializes that Serzh Sarkisian is taking over as Armenia’s new president in “extremely difficult and unfavorable conditions.”
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