YEREVAN. – President Armen Sarkissian on Friday met with Gagik Tsarukyan, Chairman of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP). Armenian News-NEWS.am was informed about this from the President's press office.

President Sarkissian stressed the role of the PAP in Armenia’s politics, appreciated the party’s constructive position it had expressed on the holding of snap parliamentary elections on June 20, and expressed hope that not being represented in the new parliament will not affect the political activity and activeness of this party.

Also, the President considered it important to use the PAP's political experience for the benefit of Armenia, and expressed a conviction that now, as an extra-parliamentary force, the PAP will continue to be actively engaged in the political process.

The sides exchanged views on the political situation in Armenia.