Vardges Samsonian News Today

Armenia’s ambassador to Iraq was sacked on Friday three weeks after the ruling Civil Contract party pulled out of a power-sharing agreement in Gyumri with a local political group unofficially led by his father.

The mayor of Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri made clear on Wednesday that he will not resign following the collapse of his bloc’s coalition arrangement with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party.

Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party on Wednesday pulled out of a power-sharing agreement with a political group that won most votes in municipal elections held in Gyumri two years ago.