YEREVAN. – Thursday’s meeting between Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan and opposition Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian—who became the runner-up to the winner, Sargsyan, in Monday’s presidential election—did not yield the desired result for several officials at the US Embassy in Armenia, Zhoghovurd daily reports.   

“The well-informed sources of Zhoghovurd say Sargsyan sharply turned down the idea of appointing a representative of the opposition to the PM’s post. Instead, he proposed Raffi to support the program to be introduced by his government and to take part in the ruling coalition. Hovannisian will respond [to Sargsyan] today [Friday],” Zhoghovurd writes.