Nikol Pashinyan has been elected as the Prime Minister of Armenia

Nikol Pashinyan has been elected as the Prime Minister of Armenia, preliminary results from all 2,008 polling stations give the Civil Contract party 54%.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

Armenia is a landlocked country located in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia. It is a developing country and ranks 81st on the Human Development Index (2018).

It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor under a Russian peacekeeping force, and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.

Armenia’s economy is primarily based on industrial output and mineral extraction. While Armenia is geographically located in the South Caucasus, it is generally considered geopolitically European.