YEREVAN. – Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) member, incumbent Speaker Samvel Nikoyan does not rule out the return of the former Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, he told the journalists at the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) on Wednesday.

To note, the CEC held mandate distribution ceremony for the newly elected MPs.

Asked whether rumors on his appointment as the Minister of the Nature Protection correspond to reality, he said that he is a party figure and any decision regarding his post will be made by the RPA. As Armenian News-NEWS.am has earlier informed, Nikoyan declared that he would not be a deputy Speaker.