“Strong Armenia” party continues regional meetings with citizens. During the gathering held in Gavar, a member of the party’s council, Narek Karapetyan, stated that the state vitally needs a financially independent leader, whose only motivation will be the glory and well-being of the motherland, and presented Samvel Karapetyan as the candidate for the prime minister coming “on the path given by God”.

Addressing the audience, the politician responded to the criticisms directed at compatriots who have accumulated wealth outside the country’s borders. He suggested citizens to remember their relatives working abroad and to think whether living abroad makes a person less patriotic. In his deep conviction, living in the diaspora, on the contrary, intensifies the longing for the native home and strengthens the connection with the roots.

As a prime example, the speaker pointed to the founder of the party, Samvel Karapetyan, who created his capital in Russia and other countries. Narek Karapetyan emphasized that today Armenia is facing a serious crisis of leadership, which requires decisive changes, and it is their candidate who is ready to assume the responsibility of governing the country, guided solely by patriotic motives.

Reference: Samvel Karapetyan, a big businessman and the founder of the “Tashir” group of companies, began to actively form an independent political factor in Armenia against the background of the internal political crisis. His entry into big politics began with his public support for the Armenian Apostolic Church in the confrontation with the current authorities and the founding of the social movement “Our way”. At the beginning of 2026, the movement turned into the “Strong Armenia” party. Currently, although the billionaire is under house arrest as part of a criminal case, he has been officially nominated by his political force as a candidate for the country’s prime minister in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

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