Chairman Ara Babloyan of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia issued a statement on Thursday.

Accordingly, the NA will convene a special session on May 1, and the topic of the agenda will be the election of a new Prime Minister.

After 11-day widespread protest actions, ex-President Serzh Sargsyan on Monday resigned from his recently-elected post of Prime Minister.

The deadline for nomination of PM candidates is April 30.