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HDP Istanbul Member of Parliament Garo Palyan spoke to after the results of Sunday parliamentary elections in Turkey were announced.

Paylan said that they had expected to win 11-13% of the votes, and that the results were not a surprise.

Paylan stated that the HDP’s victory had come as a result of four-year hard work, and said: “We founded the HDP in 2011. During the 2-year foundation period, all identities and all democratic groups came together. Our party includes all identities, and we stand for equality. We are also aware that this has not been tried in politics in Turkey before. Ours is a discourse of radical democracy with no ifs and buts.”

One of the three new Armenian MPs in Parliament, Paylan explained his goals as follows: “It’s not having three Armenian MPs in Parliament matters, it’s what they will say and do. My party will stand out with its policy based on equality. The AKP also has Kurdish MPs but we have not witnessed an egalitarian approach from them. All other parties need to show more effort on this matter. It was this discourse that brought us success, I wish other parties can see that politics in Turkey can change.”

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received James Warlick, the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Press Service of the Ministry of foreign Affairs reports.

The interlocutors held a detailed discussion on issues related to the negotiation process on the peaceful settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict.

A 12-year-old is uprooted from his hometown of Beirut and sent to live with his grandpa in LA’s Little Armenia in Aram, Aram, which will have its world premiere June 14 at the Los Angeles Film reports.

Impressed by a guy who wants to unite Armenians against their neighborhood’s Latino gang, young Aram (John Roohinian) struggles to navigate the clash between Old World values and his new identity in America.

First-time writer-director Christopher Chambers also shot and helped edit and produce the film, which features a mix of English and Armenian and is the first Armenian film to screen at LAFF. The cast also includes Levon Sharafyan, Sevak Hakoyan, Alla Tumanian, Inga Stamboltyan, Mike Ghader, David Villada, Tina D’Marco and Naria Alyssa. Here’s an exclusive clip from the pic, which screens in the LA Muse section.

US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick today met with the Armenian athletes leaving for Baku to participate in the inaugural European Games in the Azerbaijani capital, the US Embassy in Armenia informed in a Twitter post.

Attending the event were President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan, the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Gabriel Ghazaryan, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, Olympic Champion Albert Azaryan and others.

The European Games will run from June 12 to 28.

A delegation of Iranian lawmakers left Tehran for Yerevan on Wednesday morning for talks on strengthening Iran’s ties with neighboring Armenia, Tasnim news agency reports.

The six-strong team of Iran-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group will stay in the South Caucasus country for four days.

Two Christian Iranian lawmakers, an Armenian and an Assyrian, are among the parliamentarians visiting Armenia.

The delegation is going to hold talks with high-ranking Armenian officials to explore avenues for the enhancement of relations between Iran and its northwestern neighbor.

Iran’s parliament has in recent months intensified measures to strengthen ties with parliaments of the other countries, following President Hassan Rouhani’s announcement that his administration will adopt the policy of constructive interaction with the world.

Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan became the winner at the Junior World Championships held in Wroclaw, Poland, the website of the Armenian Weightlifting federation informs.

Andranik Karapetyan, 19, lifted a total of 335 kg (155+180), three kg more than Iran’s Ali Miri in the 77 kg weight category.

Interim head coach of the Armenian national team Sargis Hovsepyan allowed forward Yura Movsisyan to stop trainings and leave for the US to pass a medical.

Hovsepyan told the website of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) that Yura Movsisyan was called up to the national team, as he was supposed to recover until the match against Portugal.

“The first days of the training campaign showed that Yura is not ready for the upcoming match. Together with the coaching and medical staff, we decided to allow Movsisyan to pass a medical in the US before he joins his club,” Hovsepyan.

Kodzo Alabo (residence in Moscow), the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ghana to the Republic of Armenia, today handed over his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.

The president congratulated the ambassador on his appointment and wished him success, noting that Armenia attaches importance to promoting political dialogue and contact with African countries, including Ghana.

At the outset, Ambassador Alabo conveyed the Ghanaian president’s gratitude to the RA president for the condolence letter on the recent terrific explosion in Accra which took multiple lives and for symphonizing and being with the Ghanaian people during these tragic times.

The ambassador noted that during all of his tenure, he will work, with sincere devotion, towards strengthening the relationship between Armenia and Ghana and revealing the full potential for multifaceted collaboration.

The interlocutors agreed that by maintaining close contacts, conducting consultations between the foreign ministries and developing a legal framework, the two countries will provide a firm foundation for cooperation in the areas of, inter alia, education, culture and economy.

Serzh Sargsyan and Ambassador Alabo expressed their satisfaction with the level of mutual cooperation within the frames of international organizations.

Dmitry Alenichev, 42, has been appointed as head coach of Spartak Moscow. He has signed a two-year contract with the club with a possibility of extension, TASS reports quoting sources close to the club.

Alenichev will be officially introduced as new coach on Wednesday.

His assistants will be Dmitry Ananko, who has long worked with Alenichev at Arsenal Tula, and Yegor Titov, a long time captain of Spartak.

I’m back in and look forward to meetings today and tomorrow to discuss .

— James Warlick (@AmbJamesWarlick)

US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick has arrived in Armenia to hold discussions on the Karabakh conflict settlement.

“I’m back in Yerevan and look forward to meetings today and tomorrow to discuss Nagorno Karabakh peace process,” Warlick said in a Twitter post.