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Kobakhidze congratulates Pashinyan on his party`s election success

Kobakhidze congratulates Pashinyan on his party`s election success

ArmInfo.Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze sent congratulations to Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan on his party's election success. He wrote this on his microblog in Kh.

"I look forward to continuing our close cooperation to strengthen the  strategic partnership and friendly relations between Georgia and  Armenia for the prosperity of our peoples," the Georgian Prime  Minister emphasized.

The RA Central Election Commission presented the initial results of  the vote count from 110 polling stations, according to which Nikol  Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party received 57.14%, or 11,073  votes.

According to the online scoreboard of the Central Election Commission  of Armenia, Samvel Karapetyan's "Strong Armenia" bloc received 21.43%  or 4,152 votes, second president Robert Kocharyan's "Armenia" bloc -  8.21% or 1,590 votes, and businessman Gagik Tsarukyan's "Prosperous  Armenia" party - 5.1% or 988 votes.  

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