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    Armenian defence minister unruffled by speaker's resignation

    Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
    12 May 06

    [Presenter] Armenian Defence Minister Serzh Sarkisyan does not regard
    the Orinats Yerkir [Law-Governed Country] Party's decision to quit the
    ruling coalition as an extraordinary situation. Sarkisyan said that
    all talk about a conflict was an exaggeration and existing
    disagreements simply came to a logical end.

    [Sarkisyan] I do not think that some extraordinary situation has come
    about here. I advise you not to look for any underlying reasons. The
    [ruling] coalition, which consisted of three political parties, was
    set up in 2003 and now one of them has decided to quit because of
    disagreements with the two others.

    [Correspondent] Can we say that Sarkisyan gained a victory over
    [parliament speaker Artur] Bagdasaryan and sidelined him from the
    presidential election? [Sarkisyan] I think it would be good if you
    put this question to Bagdasaryan because I do not think that there
    have been conflict between us or that we have been fighting over
    something.
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