Gurgen Arsenyan quits politics

ArmInfo. The new Ambassador of  the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation Gurgen Arsenyan  announced the termination of the powers of the Chairman of the United  Labor Party, which he created. He reported this on social media.

Arsenyan recalled that by the decree of the President of the  Republic, at the suggestion of the Prime Minister, on August 14, I  was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia  to Russia. In this regard, he resigned from his mandate as a member  of the National Assembly, and also terminated the powers of the  Chairman of the United Labor Party (ULP) and his membership in the  party.

Therefore, at this stage of my activity, let me first of all thank  the members of the ULP and thousands of its supporters for our joint  work for the benefit of building the Motherland.

Since 1988 and up to this day, in the struggle to achieve and  strengthen Armenia's independence, I have tried to make my modest  contribution to the political and economic development of the  country. I consider the period of my 15-year parliamentary activity  in the National Assembly to be especially important, when, speaking  first as an opposition MP and in recent years as a representative of  the government, I tried to contribute to the creation of an effective  system of public administration and the establishment of public  solidarity and harmony. I express my sincere gratitude to my  colleagues from the parliamentary faction for>, - the  statement says.