Negotiations are underway between Jirayr Sefilyan and authorities - Armtimes.com

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“Negotiations are underway between Jirayr Sefilyan, the leader of the Founding Parliament movement arrested last month on charges of illegal arms possession, and the country’s authorities over the hostage crisis in Yerevan,” Varujan Avetisyan, a member of the group calling itself Sasna Dzrer (Daredevils of Sasoun) that seized a police building in Yerevan’s Erebuni district on Sunday morning, told Armtimes.com. They are discussing Sefilyan’s proposal to meet representatives of authorities. Mr Avetisyan, what is going on near the police patrol service building at this moment? We are having a rest now, listening to news, talking and discussing our daily lives… Hayk Kyuregyan said that the situation was tense and restless. Has everything calmed down? There was such a thing, everything is settled now. The National Security Service said on Monday that they had sent food to the hostages and hostage takers. Did you receive it? Yes, we did. They sent us food yesterday and today. They send us canned food and bread. Is there any response from the authorities in connection with your demands? At present, the negotiations are underway according to the option offered by Jirayr Sefilyan. Between whom? Between Sefilyan and authorities. There is some progress in the process which is constructive. Let us see what will happen. We want to see the right solution in this case and in general, in changes that have started in the country. We do not want any shocks. Are those direct or indirect talks? They are not mediated but I do not know the details. I have little information about the talks. Vartan Oskanian’s Hamakhmbum (Consolidation) Party has offered its option to resolve the situation. They offer to create a group consisting of representatives of various political forces which will be authorized to negotiate with the two parties and will find a political solution to the crisis without further bloodshed. What is your opinion of this proposal? I am sure that if the so-called political parties and politicians want to live in a normal state, they should first of all confess their sins and admit their mistakes, they should give a political assessment to the processes taking place in Third Republic of Armenia, clearly indicate their causes and perpetrators and then show their vision of the Armenia that they want to have. Only then it will be possible to think of trusting these people or their plans connected with the country’s future. The sad side of the story is that all these political forces (with few exceptions) and their leaders have created this anti-Armenian system together with this criminal regime. They also have their share of guilt and let them not act here. We initiated an armed rebellion to clean our country from this dirt, to liberate our country. This fake opposition has legitimized the criminal regime during the past 25 years. Are you speaking about Oskanian? Not only him. This is not a matter of personalities. A person cannot have six faces. Let them admit their misdeeds and sins committed during these years and then speak about the Armenia of their dreams. They should understand that representatives of the old political system have nothing to do with the future Armenia. They can have the status of an adviser, but not that of a political figure or official. Details here