National Unity (

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: Ազգային միաբանություն, ''Azgayin Miabanutyun'') is a

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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

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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 The Constitutional Rights Union (CRU) ( hy, Սահմանադրական իրավունքների միություն, translit=Sahmanadrakan iravunk’neri miut’yun) is a conservative political party in Armenia. History The party first participat ...

. 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 ...

, accusing the Prime Minister of being ruled by

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and

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interests.

Ideology

The party advocates for strengthening the Armenian economy, protecting minority rights, deepening

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while maintaining close relations with other

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members, especially with

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. The party also believes in keeping Armenia within the

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and the

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but also fostering deeper relations with the

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and

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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 The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...

. 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� ...

References

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History

Ideology

See also

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