RA NA OPENS EXTRAORDINARY DEBATE ON ARF PACKAGE OF BILLS

PanARMENIAN.Net –
April 6, 2010 – 15:29 AMT 10:29 GMT

On April 6, ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group submitted a
package of bills on introduction of amendments to the RA Law on
International Treaties and the Law on the Rules of Procedure of the
National Assembly.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the parliament,
the amendments imply the following: the parliament must possess the
right to insert reservations during the process of ratification of
international treaties, the right to withdraw from a treaty if it
contradicts to the interests of the country, the right to initiate
suspension or termination of an international treaty.

According to MP from ARF Dashnaktsutyun Artsvik Minasyan, the
government and the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations issued a
negative conclusion on the bill, asserting its non-conformity to the
RA Constitution.

"We believe that the proposed bills will make the Armenian foreign
policy more flexible. The position of country’s leadership is dictated
by short-term geopolitical interests, and we offer a clearer focus
to agreements fateful for the country," he told reporters.