ArmInfo.First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan ssures that the current internal political confrontation weakens Armenia’s position in the upcoming difficult  negotiations and calls on Nikol Pashinyan, Robert Kocharyan and Serzh  Sargsyan to dialogue. This is stated in the article of the former  president, published on the iLur.am.

“It is not clear what the main goal of today’s opposition is. With  the light hand of Serzh Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan was labeled a  “surrender”, which, although aptly, does not fully reflect the truth.  In fact, it was not Pashinyan who capitulated, but Armenia. Pashinyan  only signed an act on capitulation of Armenia.  Therefore, whoever is  instead of Pashinyan – Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, or at least  Ishkhan Saghatelyan, they will dutifully accept the decision that  will be imposed on Armenia. Thus, the problem does not depend on the  personality of the leader of Armenia,” Ter-Petrosyan said .  The  former head of state assures that if this simple truth is not  understood, and internal political upheavals continue, then the  decisions imposed tothe RA will be much more painful, regardless of  who signs the final document – Pashinyan or others.

“The question is, do the current leaders of the opposition not  realize this? If they do not realize this, then they do not  understand anything in politics. The harsh actions of the current  government in relation to demonstrations, marches and rallies  organized by the opposition have nothing to do with national  interests,” Ter-Petrosyan said.

In his words, being a hopeless optimist, he still hopes that the  conflicting parties will finally realize the danger of their  positions, will make efforts to reach some kind of agreement, so as  not to complicate the situation even more, in order to avoid new  dangers. “If our intelligentsia really wants to do something  patriotic, let them force Nikol Pashinyan, Robert Kocharyan, Serzh  Sargsyan to sit at the same table and find a way out of the internal  political crisis,” the first president of Armenia concluded.