Yerevan--The executive board of the Heritage Party decided today to take part in the upcoming municipal elections in Etchmiadzin.

Heritage also approved the candidacy for mayor of Arkadiy Paytyan, currently a senior manager in the energy sector, a professional soldier and lieutenant colonel, and a participant in all the wars of self-defense for and around Artsakh.

The polls for mayor and city council, slated for November 16, will take place in the town of Vagharshapat and the extended Etchmiadzin area.