YEREVAN. - Armenian authorities are not interested in pursuing the dialogue with oppositional Armenian National Congress (ANC), chairman of ANC member Hunchakian party Lyudmila Sargsyan said to a press conference on Saturday.

“In the course of the dialogue we expected to reach mutual understanding, something we did not see on behalf of the authorities. That is why ANC suspended the dialogue over the incident with activist Tigran Arakelyan,” said Sargsyan, adding that ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan will elaborate about the renewal, suspension or interruption of dialogue during ANC rally on September 9.    

“If the dialogue does not continue, our future steps will be determined by the demands of the people. It is under the pressure of people that the authorities will change,” she said.

Earlier ANC gave the authorities 24 hours to “decide on the status of Tigran Arakelyan” which already ran out. On Friday ANC suspended participation in the 7th round of government-opposition dialogue. On Friday morning ANC rep. Samvel Abrahamyan came to the meeting, saying ANC delegation considered it inexpedient to come to the meeting. The general opinion is ANC representative group did not show up for the meeting because Tigran Arakelyan is still in confinement.