National Unity (
Armenian
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: Ազգային միաբանություն, ''Azgayin Miabanutyun'') is a
conservative
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political party
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in
Armenia
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. It is currently led by
Artashes Geghamyan
Artashes Geghamyan ( hy, Արտաշես Գեղամյան, born 2 December 1949) is an Armenian politician.
Biography
Geghamyan, born in Yerevan. He finished "Chekhov Secondary School" in 1966 and graduated from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institu ...
.
History
In the
parliamentary election
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held on 25 May 2003, the party won 8.8% of the popular vote and 9 out of 131 seats in the
National Assembly of Armenia
The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...
. In the
2003 presidential election, Geghamyan received 17.54% of the vote in the first round, but was eliminated prior to the second round of voting. In the
2007 parliamentary election, the party did not win any seats, receiving a popular vote of 3.69%. The party has not participated in any parliamentary elections since 2007.
In the
February 2008 presidential election, Geghamyan, running again as the National Unity Party's candidate, placed seventh with 0.46% of the vote according to final official results.
Following the
2020–2021 Armenian protests
The 2020−2021 Armenian protests (also known as the March of Dignity; hy, Արժանապատվության երթ, translit=Arzhanapatvut'yan yert') were a series of protests that began following the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement on 10 ...
, the party endorsed the "New Union" political alliance of the
Voice of the Nation Party, the
Towards Russia Party, and the
Constitutional Rights Union. Geghamyan attended a meeting of the alliance. Geghamyan has also been very critical of Prime Minister
Nikol Pashinyan
Nikol Vovayi Pashinyan ( hy, Նիկոլ Վովայի Փաշինյան, ; born 1 June 1975) is an Armenian politician serving as the prime minister of Armenia since 8 May 2018.
A journalist by profession, Pashinyan founded his own newspaper in 1 ...
, accusing the Prime Minister of being ruled by
George Soros
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and
Western
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interests.
Ideology
The party advocates for strengthening the Armenian economy, protecting minority rights, deepening
European integration
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while maintaining close relations with other
Commonwealth of Independent States
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members, especially with
Russia
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. The party also believes in keeping Armenia within the
Collective Security Treaty Organization
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and the
Eurasian Union
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but also fostering deeper relations with the
United States
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and
NATO
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. However, the party is against any NATO peacekeepers being deployed in Armenia.
The party additionally believes in establishing peace with Armenia's neighbours and peacefully resolving the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
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.
In May 2021, the party supported the idea of Armenia joining the Belarus-Russia
Union State
The Union State,; be, Саю́зная дзяржа́ва Расі́і і Белару́сі, Sajuznaja dziaržava Rasii i Bielarusi, links=no. or Union State of Russia and Belarus,; be, Саю́зная дзяржа́ва, Sajuznaja dziar ...
.
See also
*
Politics of Armenia
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*
Programs of political parties in Armenia
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References
1997 establishments in Armenia
Political parties established in 1997
Conservative parties in Armenia
Political parties in Armenia
Pro-European political parties in Armenia
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