YEREVAN. - If so far the process of cooperation between the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun dragged on due to the political “bargaining” of the Dashnaks for “portfolios,” the process is now halted by RPA.  

Political consultant Karen Kocharyan told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent.

“I think the Armenian President has perhaps decided to make structural changes also in the portfolios belonging to the Republican party,” Kocharyan said.

Referring to the opinion that the cooperation drags on due to the RPA’s dissatisfaction with “senseless” concession of “portfolios,” Kocharyan stressed: “This is not news. This problem has existed since 2007. The situation is the following: we are stronger, why should we share? And this situation is the same in all countries,” the political consultant said.  

Responding to the question on why RPA needs to cooperate with ARF-D, Kocharyan noted: “I think this is the result of internal and external stimuli. The internal one has to do with the constitutional reforms, while the external one relates to the processes going on on the international platform.”

He also noted that in connection with the recent developments in the Russian-Turkish relations, the Turkish President’s criticism against the U.S. and Syrian crisis, the ARF-D has a work front. “I think ARF must play a certain role in the anti-Turkish field, since the other forces aren’t involved in the play,” Kocharyan said.