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Armenian parliament to elect new PM on May 1
April 26, 2018

FILE PHOTO - Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan (L) meets with opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, Armenia April 22, 2018.

The Armenian parliament will elect the country’s new prime minister on May 1, according to a statement posted on the parliament’s website on Thursday.

Armenia, which has been gripped by a political crisis for two weeks, is then expected to hold new parliamentary elections.

Serzh Sarksyan quit as prime minister on Monday.

“Armenia is starting a new chapter in its history,” Armenian President Armen Sarkissian said in a statement.

(Reuters)