SPRING SESSION OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ARMENIA STARTS

Noyan Tapan

Feb 2, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The 5th session of the National
Assembly of the RA started on February 2. 72 issues are on the agenda
of the spring session. 49 issues and 4 international agreements
presented by the Armenian president for ratification are included in
the agenda of the February 2-5 four-day session.

The parliament started its work with the discussion of several projects
on energy sector and one international agreement. In particular,
the bill envisaging an amendment to the Law on 2006-2007 Program of
State Property Privatization was discussed in first reading. By the
bill, the government proposes taking Research Institute of Energy
CJSC off the privatization list and leaving its status unchanged –
a state property with 100% stake. The main speaker, RA minister of
energy and natural resources Armen Movsisian conditioned the proposal
by the fact that this research institute with its 50-year history plays
a great role in conducting scientific research on energy, development
of normative technical documents and identification of the sector’s
problems. As a company directly engaged in development of provisions
of the state energy policy, the institute should take a full part in
working out the fundamental programmed directions of energy sector.