ARMENIAN DELEGATION’S MOST PROPOSALS ACCEPTED AT SESSIONS OF CIS
INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY COMMISSIONS

SAINT PETERSBURG, December 6 (Noyan Tapan). On December 3, the CIS
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly’s commissions continued their work
within the framework of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (IPA)
session in Tavrichesky Palace of Saint Petersburg. At the session
of the political and international cooperation commission Victor
Stepanov presented the CIS observers’ conclusion regarding the House
of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly, and Vadim
Gustov – regarding the presidential elections in Ukraine. According
to the RA National Assembly Vice Chairman Vahan Hovhannissian,
over 10 isiues were on the agenda of the commision. “Another issue
related to us was discussed by the commission: the RF delegation
presented the monitiring group report on Kosovo and Metokhio. This
allowed me to reaffirm the Armenian delegation’s proposal, which
was put forward by the Armenian delegation at the Yerevan session,
to send similar groups to the CIS conflict areas. Quite often we
hear Azerbaijan’s unfounded accusations that nuclear waste is dumped,
human and drug trafficking takes place, terrorist groups are trained,
etc. in Nagorno Karabakh and areas adjacent to it. These allegations
may have dangerous consequences in international organizations. The
best solution is to ascertain the situation on the spot by means of
inviting an international monitoring group. I am convinced that we will
win in case of fair reports. The commission accepted our proposal,
the fact of conducting studies in Nagorno Karabakh will be added in
the resolution concerning Kosovo, the NA Vice Chairman noted. Hrayr
Karapetian from the Armenian delegation participated in the defence
and security coopeartion commission’s session. According to him,
a number of draft model laws were discussed. Special importance
was attached to the law on antiterrorism, the law against nuclear
substances proliferation, and the law on financing antiterrorism
measures that relate to the fight against terrorist acts in various
countries. During the discussions on the law on fight against terrorism
Azerbaijan’s representatives made an attempt to include in the law the
notions of separatism and extremism. “My speech highlighted the fact
that these notions should not be confused with each other: it is not
always that separatism is accompanied by terrorism and is related to
extremism. This is the case not only in Nagorno Karabakh but also in
Quebec, Italy, Belgium where various separatist movements exist but
they are not associated with the notion of terrorism. Our objective
is to formulate the fight agianst terrorism in the model law and not
to distort the law by various notions,” Hrayr Karapetian noted. The
Armenian delegation’s proposal was accepted. According to the RA
National Assembly’s PR Department, Gurgen Arsenian participated in
the session of the commission on legal issues. According to him,
one of the most important issues discussed was a new edition of the
regulations concerning international observers. The Armenian delegation
submitted a package of 56 proposals, which were reviewed and most
of them accepted. The draft model law on freedom of conscience,
on religious beliefs, which had been sent to parliaments of the CIS
member states in order to receive their proposals, was also dicussed.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress