Avetik Chalabyan, a member of the Board of Trustees of the ARAR Foundation, has announced his intention to run in the 2026 parliamentary elections. In light of this decision and in accordance with his request, Mr. Chalabyan has stepped down from his position as a member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

As a co-founder of ARAR, Mr. Chalabyan has played a pivotal role in supporting the Foundation’s work with his expertise and extensive experience. From 2014 to 2019, he served as the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

We are sincerely grateful for his years of devoted dedication to the Foundation and for his role in advancing our mission of developing fundamental solutions to the challenges facing Armenia.

The ARAR Civilizational Research Foundation is an independent organization. Our core areas of activity include professional research, the development of comprehensive security and the defense industry, as well as cooperation with military-sports, educational, and other partner institutions.

Over more than a decade of work, the Foundation has earned the strong trust of its donors and partners — a trust that remains the cornerstone of our mission.