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Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who arrived in New York to participate in the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, last night spoke before an audience of about 150 Armenian-American community leaders at a town hall reception at the historic Yale Club in New York City, hosted by the Embassy of Armenia to the United States.

According to the Embassy report, following his presentation on recent political developments in Armenia, the achievements of the “Velvet Revolution” and the government’s priorities on regional and geopolitical issues, PM Pashinyan engaged in a Q&A session, sharing his vision of Armenia’s democratic development, institution building, economic growth and foreign policy priorities.

During his remarks, the Prime Minister stressed that faced up with serious challenges, Armenia pins great hopes on the Diaspora’s backing. “A landmark shift has occurred in Armenia’s development model. Before the revolution many used to ask others to do something, but now we realize that each of us has to do something. The revolution’s pivotal meaning is that every citizen of Armenia now understands that his or her position is decisive in terms of shaping Armenia’s future. No matter who is the prime minister, what matters is that today the citizens of Armenia are free to elect a government or a member of parliament through fair, transparent and democratic elections. It may seem somewhat strange that the ruling political force gets so many votes in City Council elections, but you all know that there was a particular political context in those elections. I had asked people to vote for My Step alliance as an approval of early parliamentary elections,” Nikol Pashinyan said, adding that he would negotiate with parliamentary and non-parliamentary political forces to discuss the terms and timetable of early parliamentary elections.