Former MP Tigran Ulikhanyan is leaving Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, he said in a statement on Friday.

The application to cancel his party membership was submitted to Chairman of the Civil Contract Board Suren Papikyan on June 7.

“I made the decision back on May 4, but I did not submit the relevant documents at the time so that my step would not be linked to the well-known internal political processes,” Ulikhanyan said, referring to the opposition protests.

Speaking about the reasons for his decision, the former lawmaker noted that people set up parties or join them to achieve certain political goals and aspirations.

"I have to state that the Civil Contract party has ceased to meet my political aspirations," Ulikhanyan said, adding that he will look for new platforms to achieve them.

Also, he thanked Civil Contract members for cooperation.