Western Armenia Government in Exile
Republic of Western Armenia State of Armenia Արևմտյան Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն (Armenian) Arevmtyan Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun Արեիմտեան Հայաստանի Հանրապետոիթիին (Western Armenian) Hayasdan bedutʿyan | |
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| Anthem: Zartnir Lao Զարթի՛ր, լաօ "Awake my son" | |
| Capital | Karin (Erzurum) |
| Government | |
• President | Lydia Margossian, Radik Khamoyan, and Martik Gasparyan |
• Prime Minister | Seda Melikyan and Tigran Pashabezyan |
• President of the National Assembly | Nelly Harutyunyan and Armen Ter-Sarkisyan |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Establishment | |
| 860 BC–590 BC | |
| 321 BC–428 AD | |
| 880s–1045 | |
| 1080–1375 | |
| 1878 | |
| 1915–1917 | |
| 1915–1918 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1920 | |
| 1920 | |
• Beginning of the establishment process | 2011 |
Website parliament-wa.info | |
The Republic of Western Armenia, also known as the State of Armenia, is a government-in-exile claiming sovereignty over parts of the Armenian highlands including sections of Western Armenia as well as Nakhichevan, and sometimes also Nagorno-Karabakh. The self-declared country says it has its own presidency, government, parliament, constitution, national anthem, and coat of arms.
The individuals of the Republic of Western Armenia claim to be the legal successor of the Armenian state recognised by international law in 1920, and therefore internationally recognised.