Donald Trump congratulates Nikol Pashinyan on election victory

U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his party’s victory in the parliamentary elections.

Trump made the statement in a post on his Truth Social account.

“Congratulations to Nikol Pashinyan for his decisive victory in Armenia’s National Elections. I was very proud to have Endorsed him for Re-Election, and have no doubt that, with him as the Leader of the beautiful Country of Armenia, it will attain levels of Greatness and Success beyond everyone’s wildest expectations! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

According to the preliminary results of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections, three political forces have secured seats in parliament: the Civil Contract Party, the Strong Armenia Alliance, and the Armenia Alliance.

Preliminary data show that the Civil Contract Party received 727,827 votes, or 49.825 percent. With this result, the party is set to secure a parliamentary majority and form the government.

The Strong Armenia Alliance received 340,088 votes, or 23.281 percent, while the Armenia Alliance won 145,113 votes, or 9.934 percent.

The Prosperous Armenia Party came very close to the electoral threshold of 4 percent. According to the preliminary results, the party received 3.996 percent of the vote, falling short of entering parliament by 0.004 percentage points.

Prosperous Armenia earlier announced that it would apply to the Central Electoral Commission for recounts at a number of polling stations. Other political forces have also called for recounts.