Nagorno-Karabakh president Arayik Harutyunyan submits his resignation to parliament

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Nagorno-Karabakh president Arayik Harutyunyan has formally submitted today his resignation letter to the Artsakh National Assembly.

Nagorno-Karabakh president Arayik Harutyunyan submits his resignation to parliament

YEREVAN, September 1. /ARKA/. Nagorno-Karabakh president Arayik Harutyunyan has formally submitted today his resignation letter to the Artsakh National Assembly.

"Guided by Article 98 of the Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), I submit my resignation from the post of the President of the Republic to the National Assembly," reads Harutyunyan's letter addressed to parliament speaker David Ishkhanyan.

Arayik Harutyunyan announced his decision to resign on Thursday. In a written statement he said Artsakh needs a new leadership to better cope with grave challenges facing it almost three years after the war with Azerbaijan in the autumn of 2020.

Harutyunyan was elected as President of the Republic of Artsakh on April 14, 2020. Prior to that, he held the post of Artsakh State Minister. -0-

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