“We have received an appeal from the president,” she said in a commentary to RIA Novosti.
In accordance with the constitution of the state, in the event of the resignation of the president before the newly elected president takes office, his functions will be performed by the chairman of parliament.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian earlier decided to resign.
He motivated his decision by the fact that he no longer has the necessary tools "to influence the radical processes of domestic and foreign policy."