YEREVAN. – I have informed about my intentions to run in next year’s presidential elections and I will be happy to receive the support of a variety of political parties and currents, Armenia’s opposition Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian said during a press conference on Wednesday.   

“The [Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP and the others need to decide on how they will present themselves in the elections. I stand ready to be a part of that single [presidential] candidacy [of the opposition]. Whoever wants to be a part of the single candidacy, we stand ready,” Hovannisian stated.

He noted that he is embarking on the presidential election, but it is not yet clear whether or not the notion of a single candidate will materialize. Hovannisian added that, first and foremost, a common platform, a program needs to be established, and, subsequently, the matter of the candidates should be discussed. 

“I am ready to maintain my own candidacy, or vice versa,” Raffi Hovannisian stated stressing that if PAP, or any other political force wishes to continue the initiatives for holding meetings, they stand ready. 

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