YEREVAN. – Armenia’s former FM Vartan Oskanian’s becoming a member in the ruling coalition’s Prosperous Armenia Party is a step aimed at the future, the coalition’s Republican Party of Armenia MP Rafik Petrosyan stated during a press conference on Friday.  

And with respect to the coalition partners’ support of President Serzh Sargsyan’s nomination in the presidential elections, Petrosyan said although they have expressed their allegiance, you cannot be 100-percent sure, because the developments can unroll very dramatically.    

In Rafik Petrosyan’s words, they will not support the candidacy of someone who represents the interests of foreign countries. “This refers to [opposition Heritage Party leader] Raffi Hovannisian, [and] Vartan Oskanian who could work very well, but Armenia’s president must be from Armenia, born, bred here; [whose] forefathers’ graves [must be] in Armenia,” the MP maintained.