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20.05.2014
On May 20 the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov met with a group of students from the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University and answered the questions concerning them. At the students’ request Eduard Sharmazanov touched upon the inner and foreign political developments in Armenia, answered a series of questions regarding the national image and aspirations of the youth. He introduced the ideology of Nzhdeh on the mission of... more →
20.05.2014
Discussion at the NA Standing Committee on Healthcare, Maternity and Childhood
On May 20 at the NA Standing Committee on Healthcare, Maternity and Childhood a working consultation on the theme “Prevalence of and Reasons for Sex-Selective Abortions in Armenia” was held. The RA NA Deputy Speaker Hermine Naghdalyan, the NA deputies, representatives of the UN Population Fund took part in the discussion. Introducing the theme of the working consultation the Committee Chairman Ara Babloyan noted that during recent years the artificial interruption had... more →
20.05.2014
RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan Receives the Ambassador of Poland
On May 20 the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan received Zdzisław Raczyński, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to the RA. The Head of Armenia-Poland Friendship Group Hovhannes Sahakyan attended the meeting. In the name of the political leadership of Poland and him the Ambassador congratulated Galust Sahakyan on the occasion of being elected the NA Speaker and conveyed the best wishes of the Speakers of Sejm and Senate and the official invitation to take part on June... more →
19.05.2014
At the Sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
On May 19 the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations moderated by Artak Zakaryan was held. The NA deputy Armen Rustamyan withdrew the RA NA draft statement “On Azerbaijan’s Responsibility of Turning the Nagorno Karabakh Problem into Armed Conflict, Distorting its Essence and Impeding the Peaceful Negotiation Process,“ authored by him in order to revise it. more →
19.05.2014
Tribute to the Memory of the Pontic Greeks
On May 19 the RA NA Vice President Eduard Sharmazanov, deputies of the NA factions, Ioannis Tais, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to the RA, clergymen and representatives of the Greek community of Armenia visited Tsitsernakaberd and laid wreaths and flowers at the Armenian Genocide Memorial. The attendees paid tribute in silence to the memory of the victims of the genocide perpetrated towards the Pontic Greeks by the Ottoman Turkey in the territory of Asia... more →
19.05.2014
Government Approves Its New Program
An extraordinary Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. The agenda featured a single item: the government program. The issue was reported on by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan. “The new program has been developed on the basis of the 2013 program, the National Security Strategy, the main provisions of the electoral platform of the President of the Republic of Armenia and the Republican Party, as... more →