National Legal Internet Portal , Belarus
May 14 2011
Belarus, Armenia MPs to discuss unification of trade legislation in Minsk
MINSK, 14 May (BelTA) – MPs from Belarus and Armenia will discuss the
unification of trade legislation and regional cooperation at the
session of the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between
the National Assemblies of both countries. The session will take place
in Minsk on 16 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the House
of Representatives.
The session will be chaired by Vice Speaker of the Belarusian
Parliament Viktor Guminsky. He is also the co-chairman of the
Belarus-Armenia Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Commission.
Apart from the unification of legislation, the participants of the
session will focus on the current situation and prospects of regional
cooperation between Belarus and Armenia, bilateral cooperation within
the framework of the international parliamentary structures.
Armenia’s parliamentary delegation led by Hrayr Karapetyan, chairman
of the Permanent Commission on Defense, National Security and Internal
Affairs of the National Assembly, will arrive in Minsk on 16 May.
The visit of Armenia’s MPs will last till 18 May. They are going to
meet with Belarusian counterparts, visit Belkommunmash Company, sport
and cultural objects of the Belarusian capital.
Moreover, members of the delegation will meet with the Osipovichi
District Executive Committee officials, visit a number of business
entities. The Osipovichi District Executive Committee and Sevan City
Hall of Gegharkunik Province, Armenia, are expected to sign an
agreement on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural
cooperation.