SERZH SARKISIAN TURNED TO THE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WITH AN URGE TO COOPERATE

Mediamax
February 26, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. Elected Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian turned
today to the former presidential candidates and the political forces,
which supported them, with an urge to cooperate.

Mediamax reports that Serzh Sarkisian said this during the really of
his supporters at the Republic Square in Yerevan.

"Let us cooperate – right up to the formation of a coalitional
government. One of my goals is the use of all the constructive forces
for the welfare of Armenia’s development", Serzh Sarkisian stated.

He noted that for the first time in the history of independent
Armenia we managed to hold two elections on end, which gained positive
assessments.

"Today we gathered to heal the wound that was opened on the body of
our people by the elections. We should overcome this ordeal; we should
make this wound heal quicker. I say this with pain, since I am tired
of seeing on the body of our nation only scars, because it is high time
for our country and our people to forward", Serzh Sarkisian stated.

He noted that "today we are becoming witnesses of a split in the
society, witnesses of an aggressive grouping striving at any price
to reach its aim".

"For me, today there is no question of "my people" and "others",
authority and opposition. Today we have the issue of Armenia, our
statehood, defense of our values. This is why I urge all, irrespective
of the political views, to overcome this artificial split", Serzh
Sarkisian stated.