Nagorno-Karabakh parliament elects ARF’s Davit Ishkhanyan as new Speaker

STEPANAKERT, AUGUST 7, ARMENPRESS. ARF Member of Parliament Davit Ishkhanyan has been elected as the new Speaker of Parliament of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Ishkhanyan was nominated for the position by the ruling Free Motherland (AHK) party on August 7 and passed a confirmation vote by 22-9.

The post of the Speaker of Parliament was vacant since July 29 following Speaker Artur Tovmasyan’s resignation.

Van Novikov