No Sense to Change Prime Minister: Serzh Sargsyan

The news that the Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, may step down are baseless, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at press conference today in the framework of a visit to Tavush marz (province) when asked whether or not the rumors on prime minister's possible resignation were realistic.

"No, that news is baseless, and I am not going now to change a government or the prime minister. You know, there is something strange here too: when our economy was falling by 15%, 16%, 17% and there were such conversations, I could understand it somehow," said Sargsyan.

"When the economy was slumping down, that is to say our economic team was not that competent to resist the crisis and to forecast that a global financial and economic crisis could break up, may be at that moment such opinions could be expressed. But what is the use of speaking about changing the economic team today when the economy is gradually recovering? I consider it useless. As what concerns to [changing] one, two or three government members, this is an on-going process, ministers can always be shifted, and that will not affect our economic policy," said Sargsyan.