AUDIT CHAMBERS SIGNED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Azat Artsakh, Nagorno Karabakh Republic [NKR]
09 June 2006
The delegation of the Audit Chamber of the National Assembly of
Armenia, headed by Chair Gagik Voskanian, visited Nagorno Karabakh. On
June 7 the delegation including Vardan Aghasian and Samvel Yolian met
with the chairs of the committees of the National Assembly of NKR and
discussed partnership between the Audit Chambers of the parliaments.
Gagik Voskanian said the Audit Chamber of the National Assembly of
Armenia has signed partnership agreements with its counterparts in
Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Kazakhstan, as well as Germany.
According to him, the partnership between the Audit Chambers includes
cooperative audit, solution of problems in the course of work. Gagik
Voskanian informed that after the constitutional reform in Armenia the
Audit Chamber is working out a new bill, which will provide for a new
status of the Audit Chamber. Namely, all the provisions on
independence of the chamber will be set down in the law. It is two
years since the Audit Chamber created a website, which is a modern
reliable source of information on the activities of the chamber.
Gagik Voskanian said formerly the chamber audited 20 percent of budget
outlays. This year there has been significant progress and at present
60 percent of budget outlays and 45 percent of receipts are
audited. Afterwards Chair Gagik Voskanian discussed the privatization
and loan policies of Armenia and the functions of the Audit Chamber of
Armenia with Arpat Avanessian, Chair of the Social Committee, Arayik
Harutiunian, Chair of the Committee of Finance, Budget and Economic
Management, Rudolf Martirossian, Chair of the Committee of Defense,
Security and Law Enforcement, and Edward Barseghian, Chair of the
Audit Chamber of the NKR National Assembly. After the talk the chairs
of the Audit Chambers signed the partnership agreement. During the
news conference that followed Gagik Voskanian touched upon the status
of the Armenian Audit Chamber and emphasized the importance of
adopting a new law, adding that the legislative changes in NKR are
planned at the end of this year. He stressed the importance of renewed
legislation and urged the chambers to make efforts in this
direction. Edward Barseghian, Chair of the Audit Chamber of the NKR
National Assembly, said formerly the two chambers cooperated, the
agreement just provides a legal basis for it. “Cooperative audit means
exchange of experience, in other words, a big school for both our
chamber officers and person who are somehow involved in audit
inspection,” said Edward Barseghian.
NVARD SOGHOMONIAN.
09-06-2006