Vazgen Sargsyan

Armenia's ruling party has said that it will not put up a candidate for prime minister in a bid to ease tensions after more than two weeks of street protests against the so-called ruling elite.

Serzh Sargsyan, the newly appointed prime minister of Armenia, said on April 23 he would resign his post after protests against him.

Armenia’s parliament is set to elect Armen Sarkissian this week as national president to succeed Serzh Sargsyan, who opposition leaders say could become prime minister and continue to wield power.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has sent a letter of condolence to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, following a suicide bombing in southeastern Turkey that killed 32 people and wounded nearly 100 on July 20.

The Armenian president has said he has asked the country's parliamentary speaker to withdraw his signature from a groundbreaking 2009 agreement with Turkey meant to restore ties between the two nations.

The spokesperson of Turkish President Erdo?an and the Foreign Ministry strongly reacts to remarks by Armenian leader Sargsyan Both the spokesperson of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly reacted to recent remarks by Armenian leader Serzh Sargsyan in response to an invitation by Erdo?an.