Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinian’s political team and one of the two opposition parties represented in the Armenian parliament on Thursday agreed to take part in talks proposed by President Armen Sarkissian.

More hardline opposition groups set conditions for negotiating with Pashinian with the aim of ending the political crisis in the country.

Sarkissian invited Pashinian and opposition leaders to meet at the presidential palace on Saturday and try to find “mutually acceptable ways of overcoming the crisis.” He said he expects them to respond to his offer by Thursday evening.