Newspaper claims Pashinyan picked up candidate for position of High Commissioner for Diaspora affairs
30.04.2019,
12:45
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has picked up Zareh Sinanian, the former mayor of Glendale, USA, as a candidate for the position of High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, a new body which is expected to replace the former Ministry of Diaspora, 168 Zham.am says.
YEREVAN, April 30. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has picked up Zareh Sinanian, the former mayor of Glendale, USA, as a candidate for the position of High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, a new body which is expected to replace the former Ministry of Diaspora, 168 Zham.am says.
“I cannot say anything. The Prime Minister will take the decision in accordance with the procedure established by law,” said Vladimir Karapetyan, a spokesman for the Prime Minister, when asked by the newspaper to comment on the rumors about Sinanian’s appointment.
Karapetyan also said that a draft law on changing the structure of the government has not yet been adopted by parliament in the final reading, "therefore it is still early to speak about that”. --0---
“I cannot say anything. The Prime Minister will take the decision in accordance with the procedure established by law,” said Vladimir Karapetyan, a spokesman for the Prime Minister, when asked by the newspaper to comment on the rumors about Sinanian’s appointment.
Karapetyan also said that a draft law on changing the structure of the government has not yet been adopted by parliament in the final reading, "therefore it is still early to speak about that”. --0---
