ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS REFUSED TO INCLUDE THE BILL ON THE RECOGNITION OF NKR ON THE AGENDA
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29-04-2008 10:09:27
On April 28 the parliament of Armenia refused to include the bill on
the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic presented by the leader
of the Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian on the agenda. The members
of parliament voted 64 to 15 against including the bill on the agenda.
Member of Parliament Victor Dallakyan said a refusal means that
the Armenian members of parliament are against the recognition of
Nagorno-Karabakh, which "favors the enemies". According to him, this
issue should be on the agenda because it is highly important and it
will be possible to discuss it any time.
The chair of the Armenian National Assembly Committee of Foreign
Affairs Armen Rustamyan said that the foreign policy of Armenia
is determined by the president. According to Armen Rustamyan, the
Committee expected that the president administration and the foreign
ministry would discuss it but they did not, therefore the committee
approved the project.
Speaker Tigran Torosyan said for Armenia the international recognition
of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is important because hardly a person
will be found in the country who would mind the recognition of
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and urged not to make much ado about
nothing. "Everything has its right time," said Torosyan, adding that
in case of necessity "we will get the necessary number of votes within
7 minutes to pass the bill."
At the same time, the speaker of the parliament of Armenia presented
the draft statement on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
According to the draft statement, the Armenian parliament considers
the right of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh for self-determination
as "impeccable and undisputable in terms of the international law"
and underlines the "necessity for placing this issue at the basis of
settlement of the problem without reservations."