“SERZH SARGSYAN TRIES TO THROW DUST IN THE EYES OF WEST”/video/

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Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan met with the activists of the People's Party of Armenia (HZhK) on November 19. During the meeting reference was made to the present stage of the Karabakh conflict settlement and its possible consequences, dramatic effect of the global economic crisis on the Armenian economy, the future steps of the Armenian National Congress, etc. Levon Ter-Petrosyan gave comprehensive answers to all questions.

Levon Ter-Petrosyan also informed the HZhK members that on November 20 he is going to meet with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg. “Under the regulations of the Armenian National Congress ANC member-parties are free to decide their further steps. Thus, it is upon the parties to accept or decline Serzh Sargsyan's invitation to a November 20 meeting,” said the first President.

At the same time, Levon Ter-Petrosyan gave the reasons for Serzh Sargysan's initiative. “There is no issue to be put under consideration. If the principles of Madrid haven't yet been publicised officially, what else can they discuss?”

Ter-Petrosyan qualified tomorrow's meeting as “chaotic” which aims to prove to the West that the Armenian political domain relies on mutual consent.

Ter-Petrosyan reminded that the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby has already welcomed the establishment of the fact-finding mission looking into the March 1-2 occurrences and the opposition's involvement in the mission.

“With this meeting Serzh Sargsyan simply tries to mitigate the requirements of the PACE resolutions. We are confident that the member parties of the Armenian National Congress will properly assess the situation and make a right decision,” concluded Levon Ter-Petrosyan.