Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan announces his presidential ambitions

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“If the Republican Party makes such decision, I will participate in the presidential elections in 2008,” Armenia’s Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, head of the Republican Party political council is quoted as saying by a REGNUM correspondent. The presidential elections in Armenia are to be held in the beginning of 2008.

Sargsyan also informed that after the May 12 parliamentary elections there will be a reshuffle in the government and “it will be significant.”

Commenting on the parliamentary election process, Sargsyan noted that “there were neglects, but there are no ideal elections in any country, and those discontented are always present.” “There are no discontented people, if there are no losers. We, the Republican Party, are satisfied with the election outcomes and we shall do our best that next elections are held in full correspondence with the law,” Sargsyan said. It is worth mentioning, the Republican Party received 32.8% at the elections.

Sargsyan ruled out a possibility of early presidential elections in Armenia. He also informed that the Republican Party is ready to cooperate with all political forces, adding that it is too early to speak of a coalition government yet.