“A business for some is a deadly tool for us,” Anna Naghdalyan said, adding that arms race contributes to instability.

Naghdalyan said Yerevan is not negotiating with a third country on the deployment of their troops to Armenia.

Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met the Personal Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Tadevosyan also revealed that a number of other fellow members have left the party following the revolution on April-May.

"Congratulations are usually sent when there is an appointment. We are paying close attention to this issue," Kopyrkin was.

The Central Electoral Commission has revealed that the National Assembly will be comprised of 132 lawmakers.

"Germany followed the peaceful change of government in Armenia this year with great interest," Merkel said.

“We have relations with NATO given the peacekeeping missions in Kosovo, Afghanistan," Pashinyan was quoted as saying.

My Step will have 88 representatives, while Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia will receive 25 and 19 mandates, respectively.

According to data provided by the Central Electoral Commission, 1,260,000 eligible voters cast ballots in elections.

Pashinyan, President Armen Sarkissian and ex-President Serzh Sargsyan have also cast their ballots in Yerevan.

In the previous elections to the National Assembly in 2017, 50.93% of votes had been cast in the same period of time.

1.025 million (39.54%) eligible voters cast ballots in Armenia's parliamentary elections as of 17:00 pm.

A wiretapped phone conversation between Armenia’s National Security Service director and acting PM landed online.

According to Pashinyan, the Armenian side holds an upper hand in the situation on the border with Azerbaijan.

The issue of electing a new Secretary General for the CSTO is not the most essential one, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.

The majority of ODIHR EOM interlocutors voiced concerns about intolerant and inflammatory rhetoric, particularly online.

Sargsyan said he remains committed to his earlier pledge to engage in a TV debate with all the leaders of parties and alliances.

Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan started a fresh walking campaign on Saturday, November 24.

Acting Armenian Diaspora Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan has not ruled out that the Ministry may become a part of another ministry.

In particular, two blocs as well as nine parties will vie for seats in the Armenian National Assembly.

Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that history is well able to change the humanity to make the future better.

When in Paris, Pashinyan will participate in the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the armistice reached following World War I.

“Being opposition is neither a privilege, nor an administrative lever, nor a high public position," Vigen Sargsyan said.

Acting Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan said that Armenia will continue presiding over the CSTO by 2020

"Great diplomatic and political efforts are necessary, especially given the international sanctions,” Karen Nazaryan said.

Relations between Armenia and the European Union have embarked on a rather intense phase, Karen Nazarian said.

Her comments came just a day after the Trump administration restored all sanctions lifted under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Election campaigns ahead of the snap parliamentary vote of December 9 will begin on November 26, the CEC has revealed.

The election of a new Armenian Prime Minister will be discussed at a special parliament session on Thursday, November 1.

According to Pashinyan, the President has yet to sign the decree, but a preliminary agreement has already been reached.

The National Assembly will thus be dissolved and snap parliamentary elections will follow on December 9.

Eduard Sharmazanov said the Republican Party of Armenia will neither put forward their own candidate nor vote for Pashinyan.

Pashinyan was nominated for the post in the first stage too but was not elected to pave the way for the dissolution of the parliament.

Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met Igor Popov, Andrew Schofer, Stephane Visconti and Andrzej Kasprzyk.