Opposition factions in Armenia's National Assembly have rejected PM Nikol Pashinyan’s proposal to meet behind closed doors.

The Hayastan (Armenia) and Pativ Unem (With Honor) parliamentary factions, in a statement, said that such meetings with Pashinyan took place in October 2020, during the Karabakh war, and are still being manipulated and distorted by the prime minister.

“The authorities have repeatedly proven that they are now secretly conducting dubious negotiations and are pushing ahead with their exclusively anti-national agenda,” the statement reads.

The factions say that any talks with the government must be publicly transparent and in conditions where the sides are on an equal footing.

The opposition says the government has rejected such demands.