After weeks of non-violent protests in Armenia, started from criticism of the growing poverty, unemployment and corrupt ruling elite that were generated during Serzh Sargsyan’s 10-year term as President who had manipulated the constitution to cling to power, the National Assembly elected the opposition leader, Nikol Pashinyan, as the new prime minister of the country.

As IUSY we celebrate with the people of Armenia their peaceful victory and important change, achieved mainly by the mobilization of young people who were the engine of the resolution and that showed the hope of building a democratic, just and peaceful society in the Black Sea Area country.