The presentation of the book “Armenian-Turkish Relations: Problems and Perspectives” was held in the National Assembly. Armen Rustamyan, Chairman of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia and Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, had an opening speech saying that the collection is the summing up of the stenography of the parliamentary hearings,…
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The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 2011 ORDINARY SESSION (Second part) REPORT Fourteenth sitting Wednesday 13 April 2011 at 10 a.m. The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia Verbatim record of the speech delivered by Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN (Armenia, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly of Armenian and Chairman…
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Vahan Hovhannisyan on Upcoming Elections, Party Politics and Challenges
More than 150 guests – representatives of international and local organizations, government and academic institutions, diplomatic missions in Armenia as well as media – gathered to hear the second guest of the Civilitas Foundation “100 Questions and Answers” series. The speaker, Armenian Revolutionary Federation [Bureau member and] Parliamentary Faction leader Vahan Hovhannesyan, responded to questions…
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ARF-D Initiated Parliamentary Hearings on Creating Ad-hoc Inquiry Committee on the Gas Supply System
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Economic Affairs organized parliamentary hearings on Creating Ad-hoc Inquiry Committee of the National Assembly on the Gas Supply System. The authors of RA NA decision draft on Creating Ad-hoc Inquiry Committee of the National Assembly of RA Gas Supply System are the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction members Vahan Hovhannesyan, Artsvik…
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Parliamentary majority rejects ARF-D electoral code amendments
On March 22 and 23, lawmakers at the National Assembly held heated first-reading discussions over the ruling coalition-proposed amendments to the Electoral Code of Armenia and the alternative draft submitted by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun. Today, with 70 votes in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention, the National Assembly adopted the package of amendments proposed…
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Declaration of the ARF Hai Tad (Armenian Cause) Central Council
In recent days, the news that two of the attorneys of the Genocide survivor insurance settlement case are accusing their co-counsel for defrauding the community by diverting settlement funds meant for Armenian national and community organizations, has caused much concern in Armenian society. Regardless of whether these accusations prove to be true or not, they…
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ARF-D faction active in the National Assembly
Legislative initiatives According to the Parliament Monitoring website, during the autumn session of the Armenian parliament, the author of most of the sixty proposals was the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction. 42 of these proposals had been drafted as bills, of which nine have been adopted as laws, one has been refused. Of the 32 remaining bills, the…
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ARF-D MP questions wisdom of government’s intention to set food prices’ ceilings
YEREVAN – Ara Nranyan, a parliament member from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun party, questioned today the wisdom of a government-designed bill that would vest the government with authority to interfere and set price ceilings for a number of foods if they grow by 30 and more percent within one month, saying the authorities should instead…
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Protesters Urge Russia to Reject 1921 Moscow Treaty
At a meeting in Moscow Wednesday Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a replica copy of the infamous Moscow Treaty, signed 90 years ago to the day, to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “The document is a turning point in our history. Our eastern borders were recognized under the Moscow agreement,” Erdogan later told a…
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The Declaration of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Council of Armenia
The 90th anniversary of the signing of the notorious treaty between the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Government of the Turkish Grand National Assembly on March 16, 1921, is being marked. The parties of this treaty, in violation of the basic principles and norms of international law, without the participation and consent of…
