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On March 3 the parliament continued the work of the four-day sittings. The NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan said that this time within the framework of NA Open Doors programme the teachers and senior classes of different schools of Malatia-Sebastia administrative district visited the National Assembly and followed the work in the parliament.

Before turning to the agenda issues the MPs passed by voting 6 bills and legislative packages, which were debated on the previous day.

Afterwards the parliament debated in the first reading the legislative package on Making Addendum and Amendments to RA Law on Taxes, on Making Addendum and Amendments to RA Law in RA Code on Administrative Infringements and on Amending the RA Law on Compulsory Social Security Payments.

The NA deputies Ara Nranyan, Davit Harutyunyan, Artak Davtyan and Rafik Petrosyan gave speeches on the issue. In the concluding speech Armen Alaverdyan referred to the sounded concerns and expressed willingness to work jointly and elaborate the legislative package.

The agreement on Cooperation and Partnership in the Customs between the RA Government and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, signed in Damascus on November 8, 2007 was debated.

The NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations made an endorsement.

RA Deputy Minister of Finance Suren Karayan presented in the first reading procedure the draft law on Making Amendments and Addendum to RA Law on Fixed Payments. The debate of the issue will continue at the next sitting of the National Assembly.

The Parliament ended the work of the four-day sittings.