Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan walked out of talks with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday, TASS reported.
The meeting was held at Marriott Armenia hotel on the central square of Yerevan - the Republic Square. Protesters gathered outside the building chanting slogans against Sargsyan.
"The political force, which garnered 7-8% in the election, has no right to talk on behalf of the people," Sargsyan said, noting that talking to him in this tone was unacceptable.
The Armenian prime minister called on the opposition leader to honor the law and left the meeting room. "What you offer is blackmail. You can’t blackmail the state," he said, leaving the hotel.
Pashinyan said: "You don’t understand the situation in the republic." At the meeting, the opposition leader said he would talk only about Sargsyan’s resignation.
