The President of the Republic met with intelligentsia representatives at the Presidential Palace over a cup of tea, heard their ideas on some issues and answered to questions. In particular, the participants of the meeting wanted to know the President’s vision of Armenia’s next President in his capacity of a person and political leader, who had held several responsible posts in the country, faced many challenging situations, including war.
Serzh Sargsyan noted that next President should be a person with appropriate service record, highly appreciated both inside the country and abroad, who can represent Armenia in the proper manner on international platforms, that is, fulfill representative functions both inside and outside the country. According to Serzh Sargsyan, the future President should speak foreign languages, have broad connections and boast perfect reputation both in the Diaspora and in Armenia and, most importantly, he or she must be an impartial person, not involved in politics nor affiliated to a political party.
