Armenia will hold parliamentary elections on June 7, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party leading polls at roughly 30 percent support. Pashinyan, who grew up in Ijevan, has pursued closer EU ties, including a May 5 meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Yerevan. The United States, Russia, and China are monitoring the contest in a country of 3 million people that maintains significant economic and military links with Russia.