Armenia's Strong Armenia party says it is ready for snap elections

Strong Armenia, the party led by businessman and opposition politician Samvel Karapetyan, has declared it is ready to hold snap elections in Armenia. Narek Karapetyan, head of the party's parliamentary faction, responded on social media to a statement by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on early elections.

Narek Karapetyan wrote: "We are ready. Just tell us the day. People must raise their voices against endless concessions." He is the nephew of party leader Samvel Karapetyan. At a briefing on October 22, Pashinyan did not rule out holding snap parliamentary elections as part of the peace agenda with Azerbaijan, with the aim of securing adoption of a new Constitution.

According to the prime minister, the authorities will try to win a constitutional majority. In the last parliamentary elections, Pashinyan's Civil Contract party received 49.81 percent of the vote. Pashinyan said his government would try to convince opposition representatives that the issue is very important and a matter of principle. He added that if this goal cannot be achieved, the ruling force will consider other scenarios, including snap elections.