Levon Ter-Petrosyan reiterates need for snap election
On July 20, Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan held a meeting with PACE Co-Rapporteur for the monitoring of Armenia, Axel Fischer, representative of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to Armenia, Silvia Zehe, and Secretary of the PACE Monitoring Committee Bass Klein.
At the request of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Axel Fischer presented the structure's assessment on Armenia's political environment ahead of the PACE fall session.
Armenia's first President thanked the PACE Co-Rapporteur for the assistance in the investigation of March 1 tragic events and close attention to Armenia.
Levon Ter-Petrosyan presented the home political developments and the formal talks launched on Monday between the Armenian government and main opposition alliance Armenian National Congress (HAK). The HAK leader reiterated the opposition's key demand for forming legitimate authorities through extraordinary presidential and parliamentary elections.
President at the meeting were HAK representatives Levon Zurabyan, David Shahnazaryan, Avetis Avagyan, and HAK representative to the PACE Arman Grigoryan.
