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Presidential election will be held in Armenia this March, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government meeting on Thursday.

The post of Armenian president has been vacant since February 1, after the resignation of President Armen Sarkissian.

In a January 23 resignation statement, Sarkissian said the country’s constitution did not give him sufficient powers to influence the country’s domestic and foreign policies.

Pashinyan said today that his Civil Contract party (it controls 71 seats in the 107-member parliament) has nominated Vahagn Khachatrryan, current Minister of High Technology Industry, for the post of President.

“His candidacy has been proposed by 65 MPs and it inspires some confidence that Khachatryan will not only be nominated but also elected ,” the prime minister said, adding that until he is elected Khachatryan will continue to perform his duties as a minister.