Author: Adrine Hakobian

 09:00,

YEREVAN, JUNE 16, ARMENPRESS. The electoral campaign for the June 20 snap parliamentary elections officially launched in Armenia on June 7.

The campaign will last until June 18.

25 political forces – 21 parties and 4 alliances, are participating in the elections.

ARMENPRESS presents the schedule of the visits of the political forces on the 10th day of the campaign.

Armenian National Congress party

-Meeting with youth at 16:00 in Say Cheese café

“Armenia” alliance led by 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan

Visit to Shirak province

-Artik (11:00)

-Maralik (12:00)

-Ashotsk (14:45)

-Amasia (17:00)

-Gyumri (19:00)

Sovereign Armenia party

Yerevan

-Zeytun administrative district (11:00)

-Nor Nork administrative district (18:00)

Bright Armenia party

Yerevan

-Davit Bek street (11:00)

Civil Contract party led by caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Visit to Vayots Dzor province

-Gorayk (11:05)

-Jermuk (12:20)

-Vayk (14:35)

-Malishka (15:30)

-Yeghegnadzor (16:10)

-Areni (17:00)

Free Fatherland alliance

Visit to Aragatsotn and Lori provinces

-Aparan (12:00)

-Spital (13:30)

-Vanadzor (15:00)

-Press conference in Yerevan at 20:00

National Democrats Axis party

Visits in Yerevan, Gegharkunik and Kotayk provinces

-Davtashen, Nork-Marash and Avan districts of Yerevan starting from 19:00

-Chambarak (13:00)

-Sevan (16:00)

-Hrazdan (18:30)

Prosperous Armenia party

Visit to Lori province

-Vanadzor (18:00)

“Zartonk” party

-Press conference at 12:00

 17:33,

YEREVAN, JUNE 16, ARMENPRESS. The Civil Contract party led by caretaker Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan honored the memory of all fallen heroes during the meeting with the residents of Yeghegnadzor on the sidelines of the pre-election campaign in Vayots Dzor province.

In his remarks Pashinyan said during these 10 days of the campaign the people have developed the political process and reached it to a pre-revolutionary situation.

“There is a revolutionary situation in Armenia today, with the difference that 3 years ago we were conducting peaceful, velvet revolution. This time as well the time for peaceful, but steel, rather than velvet, revolution has come. Tomorrow, on June 17, at 20:00, there will be time for truth, and the Armenian citizens should gather in the Republic Square of Yerevan to show the obvious that there is no game before the people”, he said.

The early parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held on June 20.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 14:13, 7 June, 2021

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, ARMENPRESS. There is only an external enemy for the Republic party during the war situations, the party doesn’t have an internal enemy, party president Aram Sargsyan told reporters on June 7, asked whom they are going to cooperate with if elected to the Parliament.

“The results of the elections are very important, and these results must show which forces have been elected to the Parliament, in which format and in what percentage ratio. We have not supported the parliamentary system, but such parliamentary system in the East in Israel and in Europe forces very quick elections because authorities do not form a coalition, and that collations are being collapsed. And the formation of coalitions will be mandatory as a result of these elections, and this will depend on the number of MPs the parties which participated in the elections will have. It’s difficult to make predictions. There are situations when it is war, when your enemy stands on the border, in such cases we do not rule out cooperation with any force”, he said, adding that during non-war situations they will cooperate only with those forces which have a similar ideology.

Asked whether their party may cooperate with the Armenia bloc led by 2nd President Robert Kocharyan, Aram Sargsyan couldn’t answer, but noted that in terms of ideology they have completely different approaches.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 09:57, 5 June, 2021

YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS. United States Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip T. Reeker will travel to Tbilisi (Georgia), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Yerevan (Armenia) June 6-13 to advance bilateral and regional priorities and to express U.S. support for democratic and economic development across the region, the U.S. State Department reports.

Acting Assistant Secretary Reeker will meet in Georgia with government, opposition, and civil society leaders to discuss full implementation of the April 19 agreement among Georgian political parties.

In Armenia and Azerbaijan, Acting Assistant Secretary Reeker will meet with government, civil society, and business leaders to discuss bilateral priorities and issues related to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

 10:57, 5 June, 2021

YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, who is in Kazakhstan on a working visit, met with Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development Beibut Atamkulov, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.

The officials discussed a broad range of issues relating to the Armenian-Kazakh commercial and industrial cooperation. They both noted that a lot still needs to be done to further strengthen the bilateral ties economically and utilize the existing potential completely. The sides emphasized the need for developing concrete programs. In particular, they touched upon expanding the cooperation in IT, food safety, agriculture, energy and a number of other areas, as well as boosting business ties.

The Armenian President and the Kazakh Minister attached importance to the necessity of more effectively and completely using the opportunities existing within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

 13:35, 5 June, 2021

YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS. Caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expects that their party will get a power of replacing the “velvet mandate with a steel mandate” from the people during the upcoming parliamentary elections, in order, as he says, to correct the “spine” of the country.

“I was telling the representatives of our team the following: now our responsibility is higher than in 2018, because in 2018 the situation was different. In fact, the entire Armenia was supporting our position, but today the position of every person standing by us is ten times more important for us”, he said during the meeting with the residents of Abovyan town in Kotayk province.

He stated that from now on they have no right to make a mistake on any issue. Pashinyan thanked the supporters of his team for the trust and urged not to doubt his words.

“I love, respect and appreciate each of you, like anyone in my family. I also have a duty before each of you, like I have before each member of my family. I have a duty before each fallen soldier like I have before my son”, he said.

“Huge efforts and capabilities are required from us. And today we came to say that we will make these efforts”, he noted.

According to him, these meetings now are more necessary to them, rather then citizens, in order to get the mandate, the power and energy. “We must receive the power from you on replacing the velvet mandate with a steel mandate and correct the spine of our country with that steel mandate”, he said.

Snap parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held on June 20, 2021.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan