Russian MP: Pashinyan's Civil Contract party’s win in parliamentary elections will entail least changes in relations between Yerevan and Moscow
The victory of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party in the Sunday early parliamentary elections will entail the least changes in relations between Yerevan and Moscow, Leonid Kalashnikov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots, told Interfax. He also said that Russia will recognize the results of the elections in Armenia.
YEREVAN, June 21. /ARKA/. The victory of acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party in the Sunday early parliamentary elections will entail the least changes in relations between Yerevan and Moscow, Leonid Kalashnikov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots, told Interfax. He also said that Russia will recognize the results of the elections in Armenia.
"The victory of Pashinyan's party in the parliamentary elections will have the least effect on our relations with Armenia, because these relations have already been tested and enshrined in a trilateral agreement on the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Kalashnikov said on Monday.
In his opinion, "there will be no changes in the relations between the Russian Federation and Armenia, including through the military-technical cooperation."
Kalashnikov believes that "if ex-president Robert Kocharyan's bloc had won the majority in parliament, it would have created additional turbulence, despite the fact that he is our old new partner." “Everyone understood this, so I think that, most likely, Moscow will recognize these elections,” the head of the committee noted.
He added that after the polls the split within the society in Armenia, which has existed for a long time, will continue to grow.
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party on Monday won 53.92 percent of the votes in snap parliamentary elections, according to the results based on ballots from 100 percent of the precincts, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said.
Out of 1,281,911 people who voted in the elections, 687,251 cast their ballots in favor of Civil Contract.
The Armenia bloc headed by ex-president Robert Kocharyan, gained 21.04% (268,165 votes), the I have the honor bloc (the leader is the former director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan) - 5.23% (66,633).
The Prosperous Armenia is fourth with 3.96% (50, 416), the Hanrapetutyun Party is fifth with 3.04% (38,713).
Twenty-one parties and 4 blocks took part in the early elections to the National Assembly of Armenia. The voter register includes 2,578,678 people. -0-