YEREVAN. – Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan urged the political elite and Civil Contract party members to spend their New Year vacations in Armenia, Hraparak daily writes on Saturday.

However, there were people who had booked hotels and bought tickets, and they were forced to cancel their trips.

Pashinyan will be at Republic Square on December 31 and will later join his family in PM's residence. He believes that the new elite has to set an example by their modest lifestyle.