I am pleased that a solution to the political situation in Armenia has been found, via negotiation and through the Parliament, and congratulate Nikol Pashinyan on his election as Armenia’s new Prime Minister.
Pashinyan also asked about this year’s first quarter numbers, calling on officials to regulate the process more effectively until he forms the country’s new government.
While the spokesperson for the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has declared that it will become the “official opposition” to any government formed by newly-elected Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, some RPA mayors in Armavir Province have balked at the idea, and a few have resigned from the party.
Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan has congratulated Nikol Pashinyan for being elected Armenian prime minister today, hoping that Pashinyan and his new government will do their utmost to strengthen independent Armenian statehood and the people’s security, to raise the standard of living, and to deepen the trilateral Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora unity.
Newly elected Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan leaves for Artsakh on a working visit tomorrow and will attend a ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of the liberation of Shushi.
On behalf of the Council of Europe, I congratulate Nikol Pashinyan on his election as Prime Minister of Armenia.
28-year-old Karen Ohanyan is fulfilling his promise to cook some wild pig khorovatz in Yerevan’s Republic Square if Nikol Pashinyan is elected Armenia’s next prime minister.
Nikol Pashinyan was elected prime minister of Armenia today, the fifteenth person to hold the post since the country declared its independence in 1991.
According to Article 149 (5) of the Armenian Constitution, the president of Armenia shall immediately appoint as Prime Minister the candidate elected by the National Assembly.
The European Union looks forward to working with him and his government on the implementation of the EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement signed last November, with a view to further consolidating democracy, the rule of law and respect of human rights, and to creating a prosperous and resilient country for the benefit of all citizens of Armenia.
“I hope that your actions as head of government will strengthen friendly relations between Russia and Armenia, in addition to our cooperation as partners in the CIS, EEU and CSTO," Putin writes.
People on Yerevan’s Abovyan Street, a main artery in the capital’s center, respond to the news that Nikol Pashinyan has been elected Armenia’s next prime minister.
Residents of Vanadzor, the third largest city in Armenia, celebrate the news of Nikol Pashinyan's election as prime minister with joyful shouting and champagne.
People in Yerevan’s Republic Square, the epicenter of the anti-government movement that forced Serzh Sargsyan to resign as prime minister, today welcomed the news that their new prime minister would be Nikol Pashinyan, who spearheaded the movement.
Zakaryan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia, posted the news on his Facebook page, writing that the ministry must be administered by the new incoming prime minister.
The thirteen MPs are mainly businessmen, generals, and representatives of national minorities. Five out of thirteen are not members of the Republican Party of Armenia.
Acting Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has announced that he will cease carrying out the functions of the office as of today.
59 MPs voted for Pashinyan and 42 MPs voted against him.
Members of Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party have set up a large outdoor screen broadcasting a live feed from the parliament in Yerevan.
He also called on Armenians living overseas to launch a great repatriation drive that will result in a better demographic picture in Armenia.
Armenia’s National Assembly is now in special session.
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense reports that border guards seized six foreign nationals when they attempted to cross the border into Armenia from Azerbaijan.
I am waiting for the Armenia of Monte’s dreams. Amen.
They’ve come to follow today’s election for prime minister that will take place at noon today at the National Assembly.
Anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan was waiting at Zvartnots Airport to welcome him.
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