Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is the candidate for Prime Minister of the ruling Civil Contract party of Armenia, on Thursday is conducting an election campaign in Lori Province, ahead of the snap parliamentary elections on June 20.

The Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports that in Spitak town, Pashinyan is accompanied by Sargis Hovhannisyan, head of the State Protection Service.

Also, there are a lot of police and security officers there, and there are snipers in the area of nearby buildings.