YEREVAN. – The “parliamentary four” have agreed on the text of the letter that will be forwarded to National Assembly (NA) Speaker Galust Sahakyan, and with respect to holding parliamentary hearings to address the issue of emigration from Armenia.

Opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party NA Faction Head Armen Rustamyan told the above-said to reporters, and following Tuesday’s meeting of the “parliamentary four” which comprises the four non-government NA factions (Armenian National Congress, Prosperous Armenia, ARF, and Heritage).

As per Rustamyan, the said letter indicates that the negative balance of emigration from Armenia has amounted to 212,000 people in the past five years, and around 41,000 people have left the country each year.

“Today, we are dealing with a large-scale emigration, which is a threat to the country’s security and it reaches catastrophic proportions,” the ARF MP noted.