ArmInfo.The preliminary results of voting at the early parliamentary elections in Armenia show that the political forces with which Russia has established contacts, including on the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, won. Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko stated at a press conference following the spring parliamentary session.
Matviyenko noted that those political forces with which systemic contacts have been established in the Russian Federation, including on the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, won. "No violations were noticed during the elections - these are the first conclusions," she said.
The speaker considers it extremely important that now the government of Armenia be formed as soon as possible, and a constructive dialogue should be established with those forces that lost the elections. "As for inter-parliamentary cooperation, we are interested in its early establishment. I hope that the new leadership of Armenia will be interested in continuing foreign policy cooperation with the Russian Federation," Matviyenko said, the <Parlamentskaya Gazeta>( Parliamentary Newspaper) reports.
Early parliamentary elections in Armenia were held on June 20. According to the Central Election Commission of Armenia, after counting the votes, Nikol Pashinyan's "Civil Contract" party gained 53.92%, the "Armenia" bloc of former Armenian President Robert Kocharian - 21.04%.
Also, the "I Have Honor" bloc, formed by the Republican Party of the former President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and the Fatherland party of former head of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan, entered the parliament, gaining 5.23%.