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Prime Minister Sargsyan - "All in all I consider myself a happy man"

An excerpt from yesterday's TV interview with the PM on vacation time and family matters
Let me ask you something more related to the summertime, about your vacation. I remember you stating last year at this time that government officials shouldn’t be considering a 30 day vacation since the crisis was in full swing. What about this year, if it isn’t a secret. Where will you and the family be spending your summer vacation? This year, we have placed no restrictions on vacation time for officials. But, essentially civil servants will be taking just two weeks and in Armenia, like last year. Most likely I will be away during August 10-14. I plan to travel to Europe to get a full medical check-up at one of the hospitals, on the advice of my physician here. I want to devote my full energies to finalizing the work of the government in 2010. And what about some time off? I haven’t thought about it yet. Mr. Prime Minister let me turn to a family matter. I recently got married and find that my job as a journalist doesn’t allow much free time to spend with my family. In your case, I would assume such time is even rarer. How does your family cope with this situation? Would you also tell us a bit about your family as well? When my eldest daughter got married and blessed us with our first grandchild, her view of life sort of meshed with ours in many ways. Thus, she shares all our concerns and joys. Abgar, now 8 years old, demands at lot more from us. He is just starting to learn many things. For instance when we were watching the World Cup and he found out the salaries some of the players were making, he turned to me and said, "Pop, when you finish this job, will you become a football player too?" After thinking about it for a while he then added, "No, you’re already too old to become a player." My youngest boy is only two doesn’t understand much but demands that I spend more and more time with him. It’s hard to part with him when I go to work but our family life has taken on a schedule of sorts due to him. He wakes us all up at 8 in the morning and wants attention. The same thing happens in the evening. They say that if there is a small child I the family, he or she is the one actually running things. That’s true in our family, which is a happy one nevertheless. Right now my wife is mainly involved in taking after the kids and the grandson. But, as the wife of the prime minister she must also attend a number of government functions, which also requires much time. All in all, I’d consider myself a happy man.

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