YEREVAN. -  Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan responded to opposition Armenian National Congress leaving the door for negotiations half opened. Thus, he said “yes” to dialogue with ANC but excluded the early elections point from dialogue agenda, said political analyst Yervand Bozoyan to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He emphasized that President Sargsyan intentionally left the door half open, so that ANC could enter into it.

“And, certainly, ANC will go into it, it will certainly continue the dialogue with authorities because it is already deeply involved in the process and does not possess the necessary political recourse to make a step back,” added the expert

He noted that authorities initiated the dialogue process with a sole purpose of weakening ANC and, in the long run, they achieved the set goal. Bozoyan said that the incumbent president has rich experience in this context.

“Once Serzh Sargsyan diminished opposition National Unity party led by Artashes Geghamyan through a dialogue process. In 2008 he weakened Orinats Yerkir party led by Arthur Baghdasaryan in a similar way,” concluded the expert.