MOSCOW,Jan23,2022: Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has tendered his resignation on Sunday, according to a statement on his official website.
Sarkissian was in a standoff with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan last year over a number of issues, including the dismissal of the head of the armed forces.
A corresponding statement was published on his official website.
“I thought for a long time and decided to leave the post of President of the Republic after active work for about four years.
This decision is not at all emotional, it follows a certain logic, ”the text of Sargsyan’s address says.
In his address, he noted that, as president, he does not have the necessary tools “to influence the radical processes of domestic and foreign policy.”
Sargsyan thanked the citizens of the country “for their steadfastness, endurance, patience and courage in these difficult times for the country”, as well as the Armenian army and his colleagues.
