YEREVAN, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - Armenian President Robert Kocharyan reappointed Serzh Sarkisyan as the country's prime minister Thursday, the Armenian presidential press service said.
Kocharyan accepted the resignation of the Armenian Cabinet earlier in the day.
A presidential spokesman said the president had instructed ministers to continue performing their duties until a new Cabinet was formed.
Under Armenian laws, the government should be formed within 10 days after the appointment of the prime minister, and should submit its program to parliament within 20 days.
Sarkisyan, who will turn 53 later this month, was Armenia's defense minister from 1993 through 1995. He subsequently became national security minister, and held the position of interior and national security minister in 1996-1999. In 2000 Sarkisyan became defense minister again, and was appointed prime minister in April 2007.
