Karen Karapetyan promises to present Armenia`s development program shortly

ArmInfo. Candidate for the  prime minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan has promised to work  honestly and at full. 

Addressing those present at the meeting of the ruling Republican  Party Board on Thursday evening, Karen Karapetyan said: "I will  present a development program for Armenia shortly. It will consist of  two phases.  The first phase will include possible prompt changes and  successes that will increase the trust in the program. The second  phase will become a long-term vector of our country's development,"  Karapetyan said in his speech.   

Karapetyan said he will be grateful for all the partners who will  make any effective proposals. He promised to invite partners  (economists, businessmen, leaderships of big companies) to discuss  these two topics with them. 

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan chaired the meeting of the ruling  Republican Party Board yesterday and introduced the nominee for the  post of the prime minister, the deputy head for strategic development  at Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, Russia, Karen Karapetyan.  The candidature  was approved by the RPA Political Board unanimously.   Prime Minister  of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan tendered his resignation at the ongoing  Government sitting earlier on the same day. After  resignation, he  will head the campaign headquarters of the Republican Party of   Armenia in the run-up to the parliamentary elections of 2017. The  ministerial office will also undergo some changes.  For instance,  Head  of the Armenian President's Staff Vigen Sargsyan will be  appointed  foreign minister, and the incumbent Foreign Minister  Edward Nalbandian will be sent to France as an ambassador.  It is not  ruled out that National Security Council Secretary Armen Gevorgyan  will  replace Vigen Sargsyan as the head of the President's Staff. In  that  case, the Security Council will become part of the President's  Administration.   According to the source, Head of the Customs   Service Hovik Hovsepyan may be dismissed in the near future. The   former Prosecutor General, Gevorg Kostanyan, will replace Yuri   Vardanyan as Armenia's Ambassador to Georgia. Acting Prosecutor   General Armen Harutyunyan's nominee will be advanced for the   prosecutor general's post.  Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan  discussed the upcoming staff reshuffle in the Government with the  ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) at the RPA Council's meeting  later in the evening.  Karen Karapetyan, is ex- mayor of Yerevan,  Deputy CEO for Strategic Development at Gazprom Mezhregiongaz.