A. RUSTAMYAN: "RAFFI HOVHANNISYAN PART OF DIALOGUE, NOT NEGOTIATOR"

Panorama.am
18:24 20/05/2008

Today the representatives of mass media asked Armen Rustamyan a
member of the ARF CB whether he has accepted Raffi Hovhannisyan’s
invitation to hold a dialogue in Armenian Strategic Research Center
at 20:00. Mr. Hovhannisyan has invited the president of Armenia Serzh
Sargsyan, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Armen Rustamyan, Arthur Baghdasaryan
and Gagik Carukyan to gather and discuss the ongoing situation created
in Armenia.

In this regard A. Rustamyan said, "It is not quite clarified who
is Hovhannisyan in this scene a negotiator or a part. These are
quite different conditions. If he is acting as a negotiator then the
acting manner is not right as he should announce about the initiative
beforehand. I do not think that the members invited to the dialogue
are the free members in the country. Each member invited has an agenda
and plans for the day."

According to the ARF representative Mr. Hovhannisyan acts as a part
of opposition as he has protected Levon Ter-Petrosyan. In this regard
it was a right point to take part in the meeting discussion invited
by the president yesterday.

The ARF representative stated that the initiative taken by Hovhannisyan
to organize the meeting between the president nad Levon Ter-Petrosyan
is a good one.

He said that the working group is also aimed to form a platform for
the meeting of the authority and opposition members.