In his speech Levon Ter-Petrosyan offered the Armenian authorities to unite with the Armenian National Congress (ANC) in opposing the nationalist forces of Armenia, Ara Nranyan, member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), told a press briefing.

According to him, one of the outstanding ANC members confessed recently that the ANC has no disagreements with the Armenian authorities except for the problem of “political prisoners.” “This all is evidence that the ANC and the Armenian authorities hold identical positions on such fundamental issues as Armenian-Turkish relations and Nagorno-Karabakh problem,” Nranyan said.

In his speech, Ter-Petrosyan was severely critical of the nationalist political forces, calling them “hysterical.” He tried to defend President Serzh Sargsyan, laying the whole responsibility for the present situation on Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan.