Pashinyan congratulates Erdogan on re-election

Nikol Pashinyan has offered congratulations to Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning the Turkish presidential election run-off.

“Congratulations to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election,” the Armenian premier said in a tweet.

“Looking forward to continuing working together towards full normalisation of relations between our countries,” he added.

Erdogan won Sunday’s runoff with 52.14% of the vote, preliminary official results announced by Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) showed. Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu received 47.86%.

Congratulations to President @RTErdogan on his re-election. Looking forward to continuing working together towards full normalisation of relations between our countries.

— Nikol Pashinyan (@NikolPashinyan) May 28, 2023