Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today met with Citizen’s Decision political party executive body member Suren Sahakyan as part of consultations with extra-parliamentary political forces.

Nikol Pashinyan - Dear Mr. Sahakyan, first of all, thank you for accepting the invitation. I would like to learn your opinion on the future course of political life in Armenia. I wish to hear your opinion about ways of building closer ties of interaction between extra-parliamentary forces and the government. And if you have other thoughts, of course, these thoughts too.

Suren Sahakyan – Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for the invitation. You are just raising a very important question. The voice of extra-parliamentary opposition failed to be heard over the past couple of years. The election results showed that the political field is not competitive; it is disconnected from reality, so we need to work hard in order to have new “grassroots” in this “gray political field.”

The interlocutors discussed issues related to capacity building and to the prospects for future cooperation.