RA ambassador briefs French legislators on electoral processes in  Armenia 

ArmInfo.  Armenian Ambassador to France Arman Khachatryan met with members of the France-Armenia Friendship Group in the French Senate, led by the group's chairman, Gilbert-Luc Devinaz. Devinaz touched upon key international events held in Armenia, as well as the parliamentary elections, asking the Armenian diplomat to elaborate on them. This was reported by the  press service of the Armenian Embassy in France.

The Armenian Ambassador praised the French Senate's continued support  for Armenia and the Armenian people, including the development of the  strategic partnership between Yerevan and Paris.

Khachatryan then discussed the parliamentary elections held in the  country on June 7 and their results, as well as the post-election  processes and the findings of international observers. He spoke about  the 8th European Political Community Summit held in Armenia in May  and the inaugural Armenia-EU Summit.  He also highlighted French  President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to Armenia from May 3-5. 

Khachatryan emphasized the importance of the signing of the  Declaration on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between  Armenia and France during the visit, which creates new opportunities  for expanding cooperation in a number of important areas. During the  meeting, the Armenian diplomat presented Armenia's efforts to  institutionalize the peace established in the South Caucasus and  highlighted developments in the implementation of the Trump Route for  International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project.

Khachatryan drew the senators' attention to the situation resulting  from economic sanctions against products of Armenian origin,  emphasizing the importance of support in this regard from both the EU  and France.

Devinaz and members of the France-Armenia Senate Friendship Group  reaffirmed the commitment of the French legislature and the  friendship group to continued support for the peace agenda in the  region, processes aimed at strengthening democracy in Armenia, and  the strengthening and expansion of the bilateral partnership between  Armenia and France.

As a reminder, regular parliamentary elections were held in Armenia  on June 7, 2026. Voter turnout was 58.97%. According to preliminary  data from the Central Election Commission of Armenia, based on the  vote count from all 2,005 polling stations, Nikol Pashinyan's ruling  Civil Contract party, Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc, and  second president Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc are in parliament.  The remaining candidates scored below the required threshold of 4%  for parties and 8-10% for blocs.

From early morning on election day, observers and journalists  reported numerous violations in the organization of the vote by the  ruling party. Thus, Pashinyan's party has the opportunity to  single-handedly form the country's government by securing a majority  of seats in the Armenian parliament. He solemnly announced this late  at night, when data from only about 10% of polling stations had been  processed.