YEREVAN. – The new Yerevan Council on Friday held its first meeting (PHOTOS).

The chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the council’s standing committees were elected at this session.  

The inauguration of reelected Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan will take place on June 12.

To note, however, solely the faction members of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and the opposition Yelk (Way Out) Bloc of Parties attended the first sitting of the new Yerevan Council.

The opposition Yerkir Tsirani (Apricot Country) Party faction members convened an “alternative” meeting outside.