Armenian President Kocharyan is complaining about the opposition:

“Opposition is part of Armenia’s political system and when the attitude towards its is unclear, this extends also on the whole country. It is here where the opposition should feel the responsibility for the country, as apart from the authorities, it too has to build its international image,” Kocharian said, adding that unfortunately the opposition has devaluated (sic) by its way of acting what is perceived as ‘opposition.’

So, he’d like the opposition to be more focused?

(Via Groong)

ArmenPress
May 21 2004

YEREVAN, MAY 21, ARMENPRESS: In a televised appearance on May 20 evening Armenian president Robert Kocharian described his recent visit to Moscow as “very effective and fruitful,” saying a variety of key issues of bilateral relations topped the agenda of his meetings. “During my talks new issues came to the foreground and the meetings took even more time than previously scheduled,” he said.

Kocharian said he has invited Russia’s president Vladimir Putin to pay an official visit to Yerevan, the date of which is being now considered. Armenia’s president said also one of the subjects of his talks with Putin were Armenia’s domestic developments. “Putin was well-informed about the recent developments here, expressing his concern and rendering his full support to the incumbent Armenian authorities,” he said.

“Moscow’s attitude to any development in Armenia that is aimed at weakening its positions is very negative. The reason is that a weak Armenia, weak Armenian authorities may be prone to other influences, which does not stem from the interests of our bilateral relationship, since Armenia is Russia’s strategic ally in the region and that is why all developments that can cause such problems are viewed as a threat to bilateral relations,” Kocharian said.

Referring to his recent visits abroad when Armenia’s foreign partners were eager to learn what the opposition wants, president Kocharian
said: “They all asked what the opposition wants, saying that they could not make out from reports what its goal was. This brings in some elements of carelessness, which is not positive in general. The street campaign of the opposition is not taken seriously abroad,” Kocharian, adding that he was not happy about it at all.

“Opposition is part of Armenia’s political system and when the attitude towards its is unclear, this extends also on the whole country. It is here where the opposition should feel the responsibility for the country, as apart from the authorities, it too has to build its international image,” Kocharian said, adding that unfortunately the opposition has devaluated (sic) by its way of acting what is perceived as ‘opposition.’