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10 April 2026 - 06:50 AMT

Tsarukyan rules out coalition with Kocharyan

Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan said he would not join a possible coalition with the second president, Robert Kocharyan, but did not rule out cooperation with Samvel Karapetyan.

“Yes,” Tsarukyan replied when asked whether he would refuse to cooperate with former authorities even in the event of a change of power, Armenpress reports.

Asked whether he would reconsider his stance if the opposition’s victory in parliament depended on his decision, Tsarukyan said: “If Kocharyan is to be prime minister, no. In Karapetyan’s case, we will discuss it.”

The Prosperous Armenia Party approved its electoral list for the upcoming parliamentary elections during its congress, Tsarukyan’s press secretary Iveta Tonoyan said on Facebook.

The congress confirmed the first three dozen candidates on the list, headed by party leader Gagik Tsarukyan.

The list includes the following candidates:

  1. Tsarukyan Gagik
  2. Tevanyan Andranik
  3. Sargsyan Luiza
  4. Ayvazyan Ara
  5. Manukyan Armen
  6. Babayan Metaksya
  7. Grigoryan Martun
  8. Surenyants Suren
  9. Vardanyan Elinar
  10. Hovhannisyan Vahe
  11. Stepanyan Gevorg
  12. Tonoyan Iveta
  13. Melkumyan Mikael
  14. Abovyan Arman
  15. Arustamyan Nora
  16. Rostomyan Hrachya
  17. Piroyan Arman
  18. Manukyan Lianna
  19. Kosakyan Armen
  20. Grigoryan Karen
  21. Davtyan Nune
  22. Bozoyan Yervand
  23. Kakoyan Kamo
  24. Karapetyan Satenik
  25. Shakaryan Roman
  26. Danielyan Stepan
  27. Manukyan Aregnaz
  28. Harutyunyan Mkhitar
  29. Sergoyan Karen
  30. Grigoryan Gayane

The parliamentary elections in Armenia are scheduled for June 7, 2026.