Levon Kocharyan: Robert Kocharyan and Samvel Karapetyan could meet if  necessary

ArmInfo.  Robert Kocharyan, leader of the "Armenia" bloc, and Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the "Strong Armenia" bloc, haven't met yet, but they will if necessary. Levon Kocharyan, a member of the "Armenia" faction and son of Armenia's second president, stated this in a conversation with journalists,  while discussing the current status of the opposition's negotiations.

According to him, negotiations between political forces are ongoing.  He explained that the opposition's future plans will become clear  after the Constitutional Court of Armenia issues its ruling on the  parliamentary elections held in the country on June 7. "No, Robert  Kocharyan and Samvel Karapetyan haven't met. But they will meet if  necessary. There's no problem here. Discussions are ongoing between  political forces, but we're currently awaiting the court's decision,"  Kocharyan noted.

He also clarified that they have no expectations regarding the  Constitutional Court's decision. The opposition figure explained that  this is simply a rare case where hearings will be held in an oral  format.  "And perhaps some of our citizens, upon seeing them, will  understand something they didn't understand before," Kocharyan  suggested.

The deputy declined to comment on when the opposition plans to hold  the rally. Regarding the street struggle, he clarified that since  scenarios can vary, they are taking their time to make all the  calculations correctly. Kocharyan explained that, in their opinion,  street struggle shouldn't be based on emotions; to organize it  properly, the opposition must take into account the mistakes of the  past.

"We need to do some calculations, draw the right conclusions, and  learn from our past mistakes. We need to avoid falling into this  again without an end in sight. At the same time, we've never ruled  out street struggle, or other methods of struggle. But we must  understand that street protests shouldn't be an end in themselves. We  need to have at least some guarantees, to see the potential success  of this path. After all, we know that any street struggle, if it  doesn't achieve its goal, only deepens citizens' frustration.  Therefore, as I've already said, we're not avoiding it; it's just  that to implement this option, we need to understand its outcome.  This issue is still on the agenda; it hasn't disappeared. It simply  needs to be pursued jointly with other forces. This isn't a matter  for just one political force," Kocharyan concluded.

As a reminder, on June 19, seven political forces filed applications  with the Constitutional Court of Armenia demanding that the results  of the parliamentary elections held on June 7 be declared invalid. On  June 21, the Constitutional Court decided to consolidate all cases  into a single proceeding. The issue will be heard in court on June  26.