Archbishop: it is possible that candidacy of premier of Armenia to be  discussed today

ArmInfo.The leader of the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement, primate of the Tavush diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is holding a meeting with representatives of the country's political forces on May 18.

 In a conversation with journalists, the archbishop  noted that he would like, first of all, to get to know everyone,  present them with the situation, so that everyone, regardless of  whether we are talking about large or small political forces, would  become participants in the protest movement. He noted that the doors  for meeting participants are open to everyone. Galstanyan did not  rule out that during the meeting the issue of the future prime  minister of the country will be discussed. "Everything is possible,  political forces will present their opinions and proposals, their  approaches to the unfolding movement. We invited them to open and  honest discussions," the archbishop emphasized.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union party, former  prime minister and ex-speaker of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia Khosrov Harutyunyan noted that today's meeting  with the leader of the movement will be the second in the last few  days. Before this, there was a meeting between the archbishop and  former prime ministers of the country. "In essence, we are discussing  the features of the current situation, the existing challenges and  those steps that can, if not neutralize, then at least minimize the  impact of these challenges. We are talking about the threats that  have formed today both on our borders and in context of the  territorial integrity of the state and its security," Harutyunyan  said.

He added that the meeting mainly discussed these issues, as well as  the fight strategy. "When talking about strategy, it is necessary to  keep in mind that we are talking about achieving a political result,  which, however, is unlikely to be achieved in the next two weeks. But  if at this stage it is possible to achieve a breakthrough in  suspending the catastrophic process of border delimitation with  Azerbaijan, transferring the problem in the platform of  internationally recognized principles, then this can already be  considered a success, and I consider this scenario for the  development of the situation to be realistic," the ex-prime minister  noted, while expressing confidence in the possibility of  consolidating political forces.  In his opinion, at present, directly  or indirectly assisting the country's authorities means grist to  Azerbaijan's mill, which could lead to the inviolability of Armenia's  borders.

Speaking about the possibility of the opposition nominating a single  candidate for prime minister, Harutyunyan noted that the candidate  must have the trust of the overwhelming majority of citizens. This,  according to him, is the only option for consolidating society with  the use of its best abilities and capabilities in political  processes.

In turn, co-founder of the Aprelu Yerkir party Mesrop Arakelyan  emphasized the importance of the moment for uniting the efforts of  political forces. He noted that previously parties and movements  acted separately, having objective and subjective differences.   Leader of the movement, Bagrat Galstanyan, managed to convince these  forces to put aside all differences, which can only be evaluated  positively.