It is not a surprise for me. Hermine Naghdalyan will not be part of the PACE delegation

The fact that I will not continue my activities in the PACE delegation was not a surprise to me, that agreement was there a long time ago. Hermine Naghdalyan, member of the National Assembly, former member of the Armenian delegation to the PACE, said this in a conversation with VERELQ.

It should be noted that at today’s meeting of the National Assembly, the question of replacing Hermine Naghdalyan with another member of the RPA, Karine Achemyan, as part of the Armenian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, was discussed. 

“During the formation of the new parliament, a decision was made that I will lead the OSCE parliamentary delegation, but with the agreement and request of our leadership, I worked for one session in parallel as part of the PACE delegation. This was due to the fact that there were changes in the composition of the delegation, new people were also needed, and there was a need for people with long-term, high commitment, and a decision was made that for one session I will continue my work in parallel in both the PACE and OSCE delegations, until the new delegation is formed in January,” explained Hermine Naghdalyan.

Thus, he added, this is not a surprise decision, especially for him or made by the NA leadership.

“I don’t know for whom and how, but for me and for our management, the agreement was like that,” our interlocutor added.

It should be noted that Hermine Naghdalyan was part of the PACE delegation for many years. And on February 25, 2011, he was elected chairman of the PACE Economic and Development Committee.