PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HOPES FOR SITUATION IN ARMENIA TO SETTLE "VIA POLITICAL DIALOGUE"

PanARMENIAN.Net - All political forces represented in the Parliament of Armenia will do their best to establish a new political situation in the country and will solve the problems via political dialogue. Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Artur Baghdasarian told it to journalists yesterday, after the completion of the recurrent phase of political consultations between representatives of the ruling coalition and the opposition over the settlement of the domestic situation in the country. In his opinion, the political consultations, which began after hard four-month discussions in the Parliament, have born first fruits. Representatives of the Republican Party of Armenia, Orinats Yerkir and Dashnaktsutyun, People's Deputy group, United Labor Party faction, Justice bloc and National Unification faction have agreed to start political dialogue. Thereupon a corresponding agenda will be formed on May 13. As Secretary of Justice opposition faction Victor Dallakian told journalists in his turn, "coalition representatives asked for two days to express their attitude to the opposition proposals." In his words, May 12 the coalition will present a corresponding written proposal. Having discussed it, the opposition will decide whether to continue the talks or not. It should be reminded that the question on "the ways of overcoming the political crisis formed in Armenia after the presidential election in 2003" is included in the agenda of the negotiations.