Armenian PM sets post-election agenda: build a “state of new quality”

Following the elections, Armenia’s main task is to continue the mission of building a state of a new quality and strengthening the state, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a government session on June 11.

He emphasised that the state should be understood as a tool for ensuring security, prosperity, and freedom for the individual and the citizen.

“We will begin drafting the government program, which, after the formation of the new government, must be approved by parliament. During this period, we will try to hold informal discussions within the government and with the future cabinet or in a broader circle in order to analyse our tasks, strategies, and the work of the previous period.

The good news is that in the previous two cases, we did not have so much time either to reflect on the composition of the cabinet or on the program and other documents, since the previous two election campaigns were snap elections and we worked in a hurry. At this stage, it is important to fully analyse the previous period, understand what exactly we need to intensify, what we should abandon, and where our work seems insufficient and requires greater effort,” Pashinyan said.

The Armenian prime minister noted that he had proposed a new idea that, unlike previous programs, the upcoming one should have a clear list of priorities.

“First of all, there has not been and will not be a program that is implemented 100%. This is fundamentally impossible, since circumstances change and priorities change, but it is important that we have priorities and priorities among priorities. For example, in the previous program, the priority among priorities was the peace agenda; we were extremely focused on it and achieved results,” he concluded.

Armenia held regular parliamentary elections on June 7, 2026, to elect the 9th convocation of the National Assembly.

These were the first scheduled (non-snap) parliamentary elections since 2017, following two earlier snap votes in 2018 and 2021 triggered by political crises.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party secured around 49.8-49.9% of the vote and a parliamentary majority (about 64 seats), despite Russian pressure and a strong showing by pro-Russian opposition forces like Strong Armenia (around 23%)

By Jeyhun Aghazada