Nikol Pashinyan met IRI 1 month before publishing the poll results

On March 6, the results of the survey published by the American International Republican Institute, IRI, were published.

The survey participants answered the question “If the parliamentary elections were scheduled for next Sunday, who would you vote for?”

According to this survey conducted on February 3-13 among 1,500 citizens of Armenia, the rating of the “City Agreement” compared to the summer of 2025 was 24% in the Republic, 15% in the city of Yerevan.

The opposition is suspicious of the International Republican Institute published three months before the National Assembly elections of inquiry to the results.

Of course, we do not intend to analyze the results of the survey, especially since this requires professional training, nor to cast doubt on them, but one remarkable circumstance nevertheless attracted our attention.

Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Daniel Twining, president of the International Republican Institute (IRI), in Washington, about two months before the poll was conducted, and exactly one month after the date of its publication.

According to the meeting posted on the government website messageDuring the meeting, the course of cooperation between the RA government and the Institute, the programs implemented in Armenia, as well as further joint steps aimed at deepening democratic reforms were discussed. Pashinyan highly appreciated the support of the International Republican Institute and emphasized the importance of developing the capacity of public communication, considering it as the basis of open and transparent governance.

Such a coincidence.

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