Armenian prime minister to attend Turkish president's swearing-in ceremony

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) — Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will be attending the swearing-in ceremony of newly reelected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday, an announcement by Yerevan said.

"Armenia has received an offer to take part in the inauguration ceremony of Turkish President (Recep) Tayyip Erdogan. On June 3, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will travel to Ankara to attend the inauguration," said a statement on Friday by the country's cabinet of ministers press service.

Erdogan won Sunday's presidential runoff election with 52.18% of the vote, while opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu received 47.82%, according to final results released by the country's Supreme Election Council.