Within few days an announcement on the formation of a new pro-west oriented opposition bloc will be made in Armenia, Haykakan Zhamanak Armenian newspaper writes. It also reports that with coming to power the union will strive for Armenia's joining the NATO and EU. Relations with Russia, in the opinion of the bloc leaders, will be based on the "equality" principle. According to the preliminary data, the declaration on the formation of the new political alliance will be signed by Zharang party leader and first Foreign Minister of independent Armenia Raffi Hovhanissian, Republic party leader and former Prime Minister Aram Z. Sargsian (the brother of Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsian killed in 1999) and leader of the Liberal Progressive party Hovhannes Hovhanissian. It is not ruled out that People's Party and Justice bloc leader Stepan Demirchian will also join the new union (it is still unclear, however). There are also some questions connected with Aram Z. Sargsian and the members of his party, who are considered to be Russia-oriented. Representatives of other parties, the number of which is about 20, are possible to join the bloc later. The prospects of ANM's (Armenian National Movement, the former ruling party) joining the bloc also remain vague. The newspaper writes that with coming to power the new bloc representatives promise "to solve the Karabakh problem with minimal losses". The meaning of such an indistinct wording is unknown.