Republican Party of Armenia

On the evening of November 22 with the participation of the parliaments' presidents of the IPA CIS member-states the session of the IPA CIS Council was held, on the agenda of which 30 items were included. At the beginning of the session the Speaker of the Federal Council of the RF Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko welcomed the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan and congratulating him, noted with joy that Mr Abrahamyan had been reelected President of the RA National Assembly. Mrs Matviyenko highly appreciated Hovik Abrahamyan’s activity in the post of the President of the Armenian parliament and in the name of those present and her wished him successes during his tenure.

The agenda items of the IPA CIS Council session were the elections of the Chairperson of the IPA CIS Council and Chairmen of the permanent commissions. At the session Valentina Matviyenko was unanimously elected IPA CIS Council Chairwoman. The Chairmen of the IPA CIS permanent commissions were also elected. During the session issues concerning the international observers’ participation by the IPA CIS in the monitoring of the parliamentary elections in Belarus and Ukraine, as well as in the CIS Youth Parliamentary Assembly were also discussed.

At the end of the session Valentina Matviyenko awarded the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan the IPA CIS Gold Medal for making an important contribution to strengthening of inter-parliamentary cooperation. The Speaker of the RF State Duma Sergey Narishkin was also awarded the CIS IPA Gold Medal.