PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE STARTS DISCUSSING THE ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS
Lena Badeyan
"Radiolur"
19.02.2010 17:35
Discussions on the Armenian-Turkish protocols started in the National
Assembly’s Standing Committee on International Relations today. The
protocols will be included on the agenda of the four-day sitting to
start Monday. However, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee
Armen Rustamyan is going to apply to the Speaker of Parliament,
asking not put the documents on the agenda of the plenary session of
the National Assembly until the Head Committee issues its conclusion.
Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan participated in the
sitting of the Foreign Relations Committee to present the initiative
of amending the Law on International Agreements. It was made clear
that the initiative is linked to the Armenian-Turkish protocols.
"The Law on International Agreements pursues a very clear objective.
It aims to provide the state with necessary tools to fdefend its
rights more effectively," Armen Rustamyan said.