Former Yerevan Mayor Nominated for Prime Minister as Sarkisian Pledges Sweeping Reforms

Former Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetian nominated as new Prime Minister

YEREVAN—The ruling Republican Party of Armenia, during its executive board meeting on Thursday nominated former Yerevan mayor Karen Karapetyan to replace the outgoing prime minister Hovik Abrahamian who resigned his post earlier Thursday. During the same party conference, President Serzh Sarkisian pledged sweeping government reforms saying “we have no right or time to slow down.â€