Statement of the Office of the President of the Republic

Taking into account that out of those invited to the meeting at the Residence of the President of the Republic on March 13, parliamentary factions "My Step" and "Bright Armenia" accepted the invitation, while parliamentary faction "Prosperous Armenia" and Homeland Salvation Movement proposed their agenda and presented conditions for the meeting, the format around one table becomes unrealizable at the moment.

President Armen Sarkissian will continue his efforts. He is ready to have separate meetings both with those invited, as well as with the deputies not included in the factions of the National Assembly and representatives of different extra-parliamentary political forces.

These meetings will give a chance to listen to everyone’s views once again, to clarify the positions even more, and to form a working agenda based on them.

The President of the Republic reaffirms his conviction that negotiations and dialogues are the only way to regulate differences, and everything must be done to keep the country from convulsions.