Yerevan mayor confirms resignation rumors

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28.10.2011, 21:44

Yerevan mayor, Karen Karapetyan, has confirmed rumors about his resignation.

YEREVAN, October 28. / ARKA /. Yerevan mayor, Karen Karapetyan, has confirmed rumors about his resignation.

"Yes, I am going to resign," he said in an interview to Armnews TV, explaining his decision by taking up another job and also personal reasons.

According to media reports, Karen Karapetyan was offered the post of deputy chairman of Russian Gazprom and has already filed his resignation to president Serzh Sargsyan and will leave for Moscow soon.

Karen Karapetyan was elected mayor of Yerevan by the Council of Elders at the proposal of the president of Armenia December 17, 2010. Before his appointment as mayor he was CEO of ArmRosGazprom, a joint Russian-Armenian natural gas distributor that has a monopoly in the supply and distribution of Russian natural gas to Armenia. Deputy mayor Taron Margaryan is rumored to be the hopeful for the vacant post. -0-

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