Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan during a press conference Friday after acting prime minister Karen Karepetyan refused to meet in front of journalists for negotiations
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan again avoided meeting with Nikol Pashinyan on Friday, saying that the opposition leader is refusing to consider any compromise agreements to resolve the grave political crisis in Armenia.
Pashinyan proposed the meeting on Thursday after two weeks of massive demonstrations in Yerevan and other parts of the country which have led to the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian. He said the talks must focus only on a full handover of power to his opposition movement and be held in the presence of journalists.
“Negotiations where one party only dictates one agenda while the other cannot come up with a different agenda cannot be considered negotiations,â€
