Alexander Arzumanyan, a member of the Free Democrats Party, the former minister of foreign affairs of theRepublicofArmeniaand a former member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), stated that the Free Democrats and the Heritage Party discussed the prospects of cooperation. Aravot.am inquired from ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan whether the Congress was jealous of the possible cooperation between the former ANC members and the Heritage Party, particularly given the fact that ANC and the Heritage Party ships have never sailed in the same direction, to say the least. Levon Zurabyan answered, “One of the leaders of that alliance said on one occasion, if I am not mistaken, ‘Влюбляйтесь, женитесь, топитесь – море рядом’ (fall in love, marry, drown yourselves – the sea is close).” We inquired whether ANC did not care for the possible cooperation of these forces, whether they didn’t consider them as potential political opponents, Zurabyan added, “Our only opponent is the regime. We consider everything in that context. We don’t live in a free, democratic country, in order to consider every political force an opponent. The intrigue of this political situation is the following – there is an authoritarian regime and there are the people who struggle against that authoritarian regime. So, in this case, if any of their steps contributes to weakening the regime, we will welcome it.”
Nelly GRIGORYAN
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