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Armenia's government resigned Sunday in Yerevan after the country's newly elected parliament held its first session, a step taken in accordance with constitutional requirements.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the outgoing cabinet will remain in a caretaker capacity until a new government is formed.
Constitutional requirement drives the resignation The timing of the resignation was not discretionary.
Armenian constitutional procedure requires the standing government to step down following the inaugural session of a newly elected parliament, and Sunday's announcement came directly from that parliamentary sitting.
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