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Vartan Oskanian to resign

19 October 2006 [15:35] - TODAY.AZ
Armenia Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said that he will resign before presidential elections in 2008.

Vartan Oskanian said that it will be 10 years in 2008 that he occupies this position and it will not be right to do it during the next five years, APA reports.

The Minister denied the information that he wants to nominate to presidency and said he has not decided yet what he will do after the resignation.

"I do not know what I will do. What I know exactly is that my children and I want to see Armenia as a normal state," he said.

Oskanian said that he was engaged in external policy for many years and now wants to talk about internal problems now.

"The elections come up and I see serious problems," the Minister said.

Oskanian also said that it is important to lift the barrier between the government and society.

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