Georgian PM congratulates acting Armenian PM Pashinyan on his party’s victory in elections
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has congratulated acting Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan on his party’s victory in snap parliamentary elections with 54 per cent of votes.
I extend warmest congratulations to ???????? PM @NikolPashinyan on handling succesful elections & victory of #CivilContractParty according to the preliminary results. I wish all success ahead. I look forward to working closely with new ???????? Government.
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) June 21, 2021
The elections were called to ease the political tension in the country which was sparked by the peace deal Armenia signed with Azerbaijan last year, following the war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
According to the deal Armenia was forced to concede large swathes of the mountainous region.
Per the results of Sunday’s snap elections the new parliament will have 107 MPs and three political parties: the ruling Civil Contract Party led by Pashinyan, the Armenia bloc led by second President Robert Kocharyan and the I Have the Honor bloc chaired by opposition Homeland Party leader Artur Vanetsyan, local news agency News.am reports.