The official reason for his resignation states that he resigned due to the need to get treatment for a serious illness, however there is some speculation that a dispute with Defense Minister Vazgen Sargsyan was the real reason for Sarkissian's resignation. Sarkissian was appointed Prime Minister of Armenia by President Levon Ter-Petrosyan in November 1996, serving for 4 months until resigning on 20 March 1997, being succeeded by Robert Kocharyan. In 1995–96, he was the Head of Mission of Armenia to the European Union. In addition to his diplomatic mission in the UK, he went on to become Senior Ambassador of Armenia to the European Union, to Belgium and the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Vatican. In October 1991, Sarkissian established the Armenian Embassy in London, the first Armenian diplomatic mission in the West.
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