Speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly Alen Simonyan released a statement on opposition MP Artur Vanetsyan's resignation.

Vanetsyan, head of the opposition Pativ Unem faction, submitted resignation on Tuesday.

Under the parliament statute, he is entitled to withdraw his resignation within one week.

If the deputy withdraws his resignation within a week, the parliament speaker will issue a statement to that effect. Otherwise, his resignation will be considered accepted and a protocol will be made on the termination of his powers, the statement said.