Armenian opposition bloc suggests discussing ways out of crisis

Noyan Tapan news agency
7 May 04

YEREVAN

The Justice bloc has offered the ruling coalition to hold a political
dialogue on “Ways out of the crisis that has taken shape in the
country since the 2003 presidential elections”. The secretary of the
Justice faction, Viktor Dallakyan, told Noyan Tapan today that this
decision was made at a meeting of the bloc.

According to Dallakyan, the chairman of the National Unity Party,
Artashes Gegamyan, will also express his attitude towards the subject
of the political dialogue. Representatives of the bloc will meet him
in one or two days. Only after that will the final opinion of the
opposition be submitted to the chairman of the National Assembly,
Artur Bagdasaryan.

Dallakyan added that if the coalition also outlines issues of interest
to it, they could all be included in the agenda of the political
consultations.

The MP also said that the Justice bloc has no problem with the format
of the dialogue.

To recap, at the end of yesterday’s meeting between the coalition and
the opposition, the sides issued a joint statement expressing their
readiness to continue the dialogue by forming the agenda of issues to
be discussed jointly.