Arthur Khachatryan

Arthur Khachatryan sits in Armenia’s National Assembly with Hayastan Dashinq (the Armenia Alliance), the opposition coalition associated with Robert Kocharyan , and belongs to the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun). Before 2018 he held executive posts including Governor of Shirak, Minister of Agriculture, and Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Development. His guest page carries his full biography and episode list.

On Groong, Khachatryan argues the opposition’s case against the Civil Contract government. He returns to rural development and the agricultural economy, the security of Syunik, and the transit route that Azerbaijan and Turkey call the Zangezur Corridor and tie to pan-Turanic aims. He also addresses the loss of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) , ethnically cleansed of its more than 150,000 Armenian inhabitants in September 2023, and the opposition’s rejection of the concessions that preceded it.

As a Dashnaktsutyun figure with government experience predating the so-called Velvet Revolution, which critics read as a color revolution rather than a popular uprising, Khachatryan speaks for a political tradition the 2018 transition pushed aside. He frames the June 2026 parliamentary elections as a verdict on the government’s record in Artsakh and national defense rather than a contest over domestic reform.

Arthur Khachatryan - Armenia Alliance in the 2026 Armenian Parliamentary Election | Ep 551, May 31, 2026 [EP551]

Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Nagorno Karabakh | Series: cog, video

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Guest(s):

Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

Free and fair elections
Polls and opposition unity
Hayastan Dashinq platform
TRIPP and foreign policy
Economy and Russian pressure

Episode 551 | Recorded: May 30, 2026

#ArmeniaElections #ArthurKhachatryan #HayastanDashinq #ArmenianOpposition #Pashinyan #TRIPP #SouthCaucasus #Groong

Arthur Khachatryan - Armenia Alliance in the 2026 Armenian Parliamentary Election | Ep 551, May 31, 2026 [EP551]

Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Nagorno Karabakh

Groong Links:

Guest(s):

Arthur Khachatryan

Topics:

Free and fair elections
Polls and opposition unity
Hayastan Dashinq platform
TRIPP and foreign policy
Economy and Russian pressure

Episode 551 | Recorded: May 30, 2026

#ArmeniaElections #ArthurKhachatryan #HayastanDashinq #ArmenianOpposition #Pashinyan #TRIPP #SouthCaucasus #Groong

Groong News Digest — Week of May 25–31, 2026

Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Category: Digest, News Digest

As Armenia heads toward June 7 parliamentary elections, Pashinyan faces pressure from Russia while backing from Trump, with opposition arrests continuing and critical TRIPP corridor agreements signed with the United States.

Transcript: Arthur Khachatryan - Armenia Alliance in the 2026 Armenian Parliamentary Election | Ep 551, May 31, 2026 [EP551]

Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2026 | Category: Armenia, Politics, Transcript

In this episode of Conversations on Groong, we speak with Arthur Khachatryan of the Hayastan Dashinq, Armenia Alliance about the 2026 Armenian Parliamentary Election scheduled for June 7. We discuss whether free and fair elections are possible given foreign interference from the West, abuse of administrative resources by the ruling Civil Contract party, media control, and competing pressures from the United States, EU, Russia, and regional actors including Turkey and Azerbaijan.