ArmInfo.Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, within the framework of consultations with a number of political forces, held separate meetings with leader of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan and leader of the United Motherland party Mher Terteryan.
At the meeting with Tsarukyan, Pashinyan expressed confidence that as a result of the parliamentary elections, the internal political crisis in the country was overcome, according to the press service of the RA government. At the same time, he believes that in order to solve the problems facing the country, it is necessary to take all possible measures to unite the best national, public potential in solving these problems, to unite the forces of cooperation, to find the right formats.
"Of course, the Prosperous Armenia Party has played a very tangible role in the political life of the Republic of Armenia for many years. As a result of these elections, the PAP did not overcome the threshold required to enter parliament, but I think that the party remains an influential force in the internal political life of Armenia. Of course, in recent months we had difficult events, but we had the opportunity to meet last year to briefly discuss all this, '' Pashinyan said, suggesting Tsarukyan to share his vision of how he sees the format of interaction between extra-parliamentary forces, and in particular the PAP and the RA government.
In turn, Tsarukyan noted that the PAP has repeatedly shared its views on the way out of the current situation. "We have repeatedly presented an approach to how to get out of this situation. Regardless of whether we are in parliament or not, this does not mean that we are not on the side of our people., "said the head of the PAP.
At a meeting with Terteryan, Pashinyan noted that international observers called the elections in line with the standards of democracy, and the citizen of the Republic of Armenia expressed his will.
"We perceive this situation as an opportunity to unite our social and national potential, to solve the problems facing our state. In this context, we attach importance to the activities of both political forces that entered parliament and the participation and involvement of extra-parliamentary forces that did not receive seats in parliament. The purpose of these political discussions and consultations is to hear the opinion of political forces, including your position, on the future development of political life in Armenia, "the head of government said.
In turn, Terteryan noted that during this electoral period, their party set a goal to be able to present to the public, our nation our capabilities and vision of the future.
"We consider our task completed, since we have put forward new theses and directions, separately emphasizing the importance of army development and in this context, the military industry as a sector. We talked about how we see the future in terms of economic development, programs aimed at agriculture and paid special attention to the organization of correct and effective work with the Diaspora.
I welcome your initiative to consolidate political forces after the elections. This will also have a very positive effect ,as the concept of cohesion among our people will be further strengthened. This is a very positive initiative, of course, I agree with you that in terms of applying the method of work, the approach, we must do a very correct and delicate work for consolidation to take place. I personally proved with my work since 2017 that, regardless of my political views, I am ready to take the side of our government, our state power, to support with my knowledge. I hope that today we will have the opportunity to discuss these works separately, "he summed up.