Yerevan Mayor to Submit his Resignation, Reports Local Daily

Yerevan mayor Karen Karapetyan has submitted his resignation, reports local daily Joghovurd. According to the newspaper, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan urged him to wait a day, until the Paris mayor returns to France and only then announce his resignation. According to other reports, Karapetyan will announce his resignation on Monday.

As to what prompted this decision, the paper was unable to find out; however, it offered two likely reasons: one, that the mayor has problems with Serzh Sargsyan, since through his actions he has only issued complaints in the public sphere, working against Sargsyan. Second, simply that Karapetyan’s Russian “friends” have invited him to Moscow. The newspaper also asserted that Sargsyan wasn’t all particularly against Karapetyan’s resignation.

The mayor’s press spokesperson, however, denied such reports: “No, there’s no such thing.” But sources, reports Joghovurd, confirm that Karapetyan will be given a high position in Moscow and will leave Yerevan.