Sargsyan Responds to Ter-Petrosyan's Statement

The office of the third president has responded to Levon Ter-Petrosyan's remarks, explaining why it rejected them.

Sargsyan confirmed that a meeting took place between him and Levon Ter-Petrosyan on May 1, during which he declined the former president's offer to participate as an alliance in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

During the meeting, in response to Ter-Petrosyan's aforementioned proposal, Serge Sargsyan emphasized that a bilateral alliance could not be effective, recalling his stance presented during the previous meeting, where he stated that an alliance of former presidents can only be effective if all parties reach a principled agreement on the matter.

As for the text of Levon Ter-Petrosyan's published statement, President Sargsyan noted that he is seeing it for the first time.