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    Armenian premier denies tension within ruling coalition

    Noyan Tapan news agency
    3 Mar 05

    YEREVAN

    There is no tension within the ruling coalition and there are no
    reasons for its collapse, Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan
    said at a meeting with journalists on 2 March. He said that none of
    the provisions of the declaration signed by the coalition parties has
    been breached so far. Therefore, one should not artificially create
    an opinion that allegedly the situation in the coalition is very bad
    and that it will collapse soon. The prime minister said it could take
    each party only a few hours to find a reason to leave the coalition.

    At the same time, no matter what minister's portfolio the coalition
    members hold, they are all responsible for the government's activity,
    Markaryan stressed.

    Commenting on criticism of the executive authorities, the prime
    minister said that the criticism applied to all the coalition parties
    equally. Commenting on the statement of representatives of the
    Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun and the Orinats
    Yerkir [Law-Governed Country] Party that the government has merged
    with the criminal world, the primer minister said: "I would suggest
    that both parties submit to me, as the head of the executive
    authorities, the information they have, especially concerning the
    merger within the ministries and departments they head."

    Andranik Markaryan expressed confidence that "there is no pressure on
    the president from any foreign forces and this is not expected in the
    near future" and therefore, it is not worth speaking about the
    president's possible resignation as a result of this pressure.

    [Passage omitted: minor details]
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