YEREVAN — President Vahagn Kha- chaturyan has signed a decree appoint- ing Nikol Pashinyan prime minister of the Republic of Armenia. “Pursuant to Article 149, Part 1 of the Constitution, Nikol Pashinyan is hereby appointed prime minister,” the decree states. Earlier, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan released a video announc- ing that, under Article 158 of the Con- stitution, the government must submit its resignation on the day of the first session of the newly elected National Assembly. President Khachaturyan subse- quently signed a decree accepting the government’s resignation. As the political force holding a parliamentary majority in the Nation- al Assembly, the Civil Contract party submitted the required documents to the president nominating Nikol Pash- inyan for the post of prime minister. The documents were submitted in ac- cordance with Article 149 of the Con- stitution to initiate the constitutionally prescribed appointment process.