YEREVAN, November 30. /ARKA/. Armenian Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking Friday at a rally staged in Charentsavan as part of his party’s election campaign, said that Armenians from all over the world will return to the country and industrial centers will be formed here.
“We want migration from Armenia to stop and to be replaced with repatriation,” he said. “Our goal and our vision of the future is Armenians’ return to their homeland and development of industrial centers.”
Pashinyan said that the velvet revolution has already produced first results, and the first success is already seen here.
Earlier, Acting Diaspora Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, speaking at a news conference, said that 450 families have relocated to Armenia after the velvet revolution.
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned October 16 to clear way for the dissolution of the parliament and holding early parliamentary elections. Under the Armenian Constitution, early elections are held if lawmakers fail twice within 14 days to appoint a prime minister.
Pashinyan was elected as PM by the country's National Assembly after former president turned-prime minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned on April 23 under immense public pressure provided by weeks of nationwide protest against Sargsyan and his Republican Party.
Nine political parties and 2 blocs will be contesting the polls. They are My Step bloc, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the National Progress Party, the Christian-National Revival, the Sasna Tsrer All-Armenian Party, the Orinats Yerkir Party, the We bloc, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, the Bright Armenia bloc, the Republican Party of Armenia, the Social Democratic Party and the Decision of Citizen party. -0–