Latvian President Andris Berzins, who has been holding consultations with the political parties elected to Latvia's new parliament, has accepted a tripartite coalition proposed by the center-right Unity, the centrist Greens and Farmers Union (ZZS) and the nationalist conservative National Alliance, Unity leader Solvita Aboltina told journalists after meeting with the president Monday.

"The president accepted this proposal," Aboltina said following the talks.

Asked if the president is likely to charge incumbent Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma with forming the next government, Aboltina referred to the president's earlier promise to back a coalition that would have more than 50 percent of votes in the parliament.

The Unity, ZZS and the National Alliance agreed earlier on Monday to carry on as a tripartite government coalition, which means that the leftist pro-Russia Harmony, which won Latvia's 2014 parliamentary election, and two newcomers, the Latvian Bloc of Regions and For Latvia from the Heart, will be left outside the coalition, Latvia's Diena daily reported.

The three ruling parties are planning to hold fresh three-way consultations on Wednesday to discuss their immediate tasks. If the president charges Straujuma with forming the new government this Tuesday, she will come up with the potential composition of her new Cabinet on Wednesday, the Diena said.

Meanwhile, talks on the distribution of ministerial portfolios in Latvia's next government are on-going.

After this year's general election, which took place on Oct. 4, the three ruling parties have 61 votes in Latvia's 100-seat parliament. Endit

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