SESSION OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE TO BE HELD IN AUTUMN IN YEREVAN
National Assembly of RA, Armenia
July 4 2006
On July 3 Tigran Torosyan, President of the National Assembly of the
Republic of Armenia received Ashot Ghulyan, President of the National
Assembly of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
Mr. Ghulyan told the NA President about meetings with representatives
of the USA President Staff, Congress, Armenian community and analytical
centers during his visit to the USA, which were of mutual effective
and useful character.
The RA NA President Tigran Torosyan informed the NKR NA President
about the debates at PACE summer session in Strasbourg, referring to
the debates on the issue of prevention of forest fires, which the
Azeris’ delegation was trying to turn into regular speculation. He
talked about the upcoming visiting session of PACE Subcommittee
on Nagorno-Karabakh in Karabakh, and also about envisioned visit
of Leo Platvoet, Rapporteur on Missing People in Armenia, Georgia,
Azerbaijan of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population.
It was mentioned that though in debates of the report on independence
referendum in Montenegro speakers tried to abstain from comparisons
with other countries, it was evident that the use of the right to
self-determination is becoming more and more acceptable for PACE MPs.
Mr. Torosyan mentioned also that during the debates of the report on
countries that didn’t ratify the Convention on Human Rights to Abolish
the Death Penalty it was reported that the death penalty is cancelled
in Nagorno-Karabakh, in contrast with other conflicting regions.
During the meeting the issues of the works of the RA NA and NKR NA
Interparliamentary session were touched upon. The regular session of
the Committee will be held in autumn in Yerevan.