15.05.2024NA deputies visit Rya Taza village of Aragatsotn Marz
On May 15, the Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan, the Committee Members Marina Ghazaryan and Tigran Parsilyan visited Rya Taza village of Aragatsotn Marz to get acquainted with the problems of the absence of drinking water, gasi...
14.05.2024Delegation led by Hakob Arshakyan meets with Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of National Council of Slovakia Marián Kéry
On May 14, the delegation led by the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Slovakia Marián Kéry. The RA NA deputies Hasmik Hakobyan and Taguhi Ghazaryan are in the delegation. The member of the Committee for Education, Scie...
14.05.2024Delegation led by RA NA President Alen Simonyan to be in Geneva on a working visit on May 15-18
The delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan will be in Geneva on a working visit to take part in the Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. With the framework of the visit the meeting of Alen Simonyan and the Speaker of the Milli Ma...
14.05.2024Legislative package aimed at reform of vocational education and training debated in second reading
The Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport debated in the second reading the legislative package designing amendments and addenda to the law on Vocational Education and Training (VET) and to the enclosed laws.Parliamentary hearings were also organized on that is...
14.05.2024Authority to approve implementation coefficients, norms and financing procedures of programmes and measures provided by RA state budget to be reserved to Government
According to the current law, the authority to approve the coefficients, norms and the financing procedures for the implementation of the programmes and measures provided by the RA state budget in the field of general education is reserved to the authorized body of the state administration of educat...
13.05.2024Delegation of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Visits Parliament
We highlight the development of the relations between Armenia and Nepal. The two countries have rather interesting similarities, and there is necessity of more actively realizing the bilateral potential in different spheres: The member of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspo...
13.05.202415 Armenian students to take part in Memory Train project
It has been three years since the Memory Train cultural-educational project has been implemented at the initiative of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the National Assembly of Belarus, in which Armenia is also participating for the second time.The member of the NA Civil Contract Fa...
13.05.2024RA NA President Alen Simonyan Receives OSCE Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta Jan Borg
On May 13, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the OSCE Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta Jan Borg.Congratulating Jan Borg on assuming the OSCE Chairmanship, Alen Simonyan wished him effective work, underscored that Armenia is ...
13.05.2024Delegation led by Hakob Arshakyan is on a working visit to Bratislava
At the invitation of the Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Ľuboš Blaha, the delegation led by the RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan is on a working visit to Bratislava. The RA NA deputies Hasmik Hakobyan and Taguhi Ghazaryan are in the delegation.On May 13, the de...
13.05.2024Alen Simonyan receives Ambassador of Argentina to RA: Argentina sees efforts of RA in establishing peace in the South Caucasus
On May 13, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic to the Republic of Armenia Rafael Enrique Gonzalez Aleman. Congratulating the Ambassador on the occasion of his appointment, Alen Simonyan wished Rafael Enrique Gonzalez A...
13.05.2024Annual programme on CB activity debated
In the conditions of geopolitical developments and preserving uncertainties going on in 2023, the world economic activeness and the demand continued to slow down. In case of the abovementioned developments and the restrictive monetary policy being implemented in a number of countries essential decre...
13.05.2024Control of slaughterhouse activities to be tightened with adoption of drafts
With the adoption of the drafts, the control aimed at regulating slaughterhouse activities will be tightened. In case of detection of violations, the official carrying out state control will have a legal basis to suspend or stop the slaughterhouse activity in case of inspections. Authorizing norms a...
13.05.2024Committee endorses legislative package debated in the second reading
The NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs debated in the second reading the legislative package proposing amendments and addenda to the law on Audit Chamber, the Code on Administrative Offences and related laws. In the main report, the co-author of the package Arusyak Manav...
13.05.2024Committee endorses draft that envisages expanding activities of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
On May 13, the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs debated and endorsed the draft law on Ratifying the Resolution No. 259, which proposes Amendment to Article 1 of the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to enable a Limited and Incr...
10.05.2024Ways of notifying citizens increased
Within the framework of organizing and holding of conscription for compulsory military service, exercise gatherings and military exercises the ways of perfect notifications being given for appearing at their military registration office, as well as the framework of approving the documents and facts ...
09.05.2024Tribute on the occasion of Victory and Peace Day
The President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan, the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the members of the Government and the deputies of the Civil Contract Faction visited the Victory (Haghtanak) Park on the occasion of Victory and Peace Day.They put wreaths at the Monument to the Unknown S...
07.05.2024Representative of Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta hosted in Parliament
On May 7, the member of the RA NA delegation to Parliamentary Assembly to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA) Maria Karapetyan met with the Director General of Global Issues, International Development and Economic Affairs of the Ministry for Foreign and European Affair...
07.05.2024Alen Simonyan and Ivana Živković sign a document on implementation of second programme of UNDP Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia project
On May 7, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan and the UN Assistant Secretary-General and the UNDP Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS countries Ivana Živković signed a document on the implementation of the Second Programme – Fostering responsiveness, efficiency, transparency an...
07.05.2024Members of NA Standing Committee meet with representatives of Venice Commission and CoE
The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan, the Committee members Zemfira Mirzoeva, Tigran Parsilyan and Marina Ghazaryan met with the representatives of the Venice Commission and the CoE Directorate General for Human Rights and Rule...
07.05.2024Alen Simonyan meets with UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS Ivana Živković
On May 7, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ivana Živković.The meeting was held in the...
07.05.2024Armenia Faction: Parliamentary briefings
The deputy from the Armenia Faction Artur Khachatryan took part in the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. First, he made an introductory speech, then answered the journalists’ questions....
07.05.2024With Honor Faction: Parliamentary briefings
During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings the Secretary of With Honor Faction Tigran Abrahamyan made an introductory speech, then answered the questions of the representatives of the media....
07.05.2024Civil Contract Faction: Parliamentary briefings
During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings the Secretary of the Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan and the Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan answered the journalists’ questions....
06.05.2024Parliament continues debate of programme on activity of RA Prosecutor’s Office for 2023
At May 6 sitting, the National Assembly continued the debate of the programme on the activity of the RA Prosecutor’s Office for 2023.During the exchange of ideas, the deputies touched upon the problems recorded in the Prosecutor’s Office annual programme, the activity of the structure, the systemize...
05.05.2024Armenian parliamentarians have a number of meetings in Washington: New directions of cooperation discussed
The members of the RA NA Armenia-USA Friendship Group met with the Senior Director for Eurasia of U.S. International Republican Institute (IRI) Stephen Nix, the Vice President of Europe and Russia of the U.S. Institute of Peace, Ambassador William Taylor, and the Vice Assistant of the United States ...
04.05.2024Members of NA Armenia-USA Friendship Group meet with Deputy Assistant Administrator at USAID Alexander Sokolowski
On May 3, the members of the RA NA Armenia-USA Friendship Group met with the Deputy Assistant Administrator at United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Alexander SokolowskiThe Armenian deputies highly appreciated the investment of the USAID in strengthening of the institutiona...
04.05.2024Armenian deputies meet with Director of Office on Caucasus and Regional Conflicts of U.S. State Secretariat in Washington
The members of the RA NA Armenia-USA Friendship Group met with the Director of the U.S. Department's Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts Mark Cameron in Washington.Mark Cameron welcomed the delimitation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan based on Alma-Ata Declaration.The sides high...
03.05.2024Members of NA Armenia-USA Friendship Group meet with representatives of Freedom House International Programs
The members of the RA NA Armenia-USA Friendship Group met with the Vice President of International Programs at Freedom House Gerardo Berthin, the Deputy Director of Europe and Eurasia Programs Sofya Orlosky, the Deputy Director for Policy and Advocacy, the Coordinator on Summit for Democracy on the ...
03.05.2024Parliament debates programme of activity of RA Prosecutor’s Office for 2023
With cases completed by judicial examination 173mln 385.000 AMD (in 2022, - 469mln 543.000 AMD). In 2023, 34bln 325mln 746.000 AMD was restored to the state, in pre-trial proceedings, 34bln 325mln 746.000 AMD property damage was caused to the community, and among them land worth 3 million 970 thousa...
03.05.2024Vagharshak Hakobyan presents regional developments to Kazakh officials
On May 3, the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration Vagharshak Hakobyan met with the Director of the Kazakhst5an Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Kazakhstan Yerkin Tukumov. The Committee member Khachatur Sukiasyan and the Ambassador of Kaza...
03.05.2024Parliament continues debating HRD annual programme and report
On May 3, the National Assembly continued the debate of the annual programme on the activity of the RA Human Rights Defender and the state of protection of human rights and freedoms, the debate of the activity for 2023 as a prevention national mechanism.During the exchange of ideas, the representati...
03.05.2024Members of Armenia-USA Friendship Group meet with Special Assistant to the U.S. President Joe Biden, Senior Director for Europe at the U.S. National Security Council Michael Carpenter
The members of the RA NA Armenia-USA Friendship Group - the Head of the Friendship Group, the Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoya...
02.05.2024Armenian deputies have meetings in Washington
The members of the RA NA Armenia-U.S. Friendship Group - the Head of the Friendship Group, the Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoy...
02.05.2024Parliament debates HRD annual programme and report
The annual programme of the Human Rights Defender (HRD) and the annual report of the HRD as a prevention national mechanism show the problems existing I the sphere. The numerous problems, which were solved during the year, including also as a result of the Defender’s intervention. The RA Human Right...
02.05.2024Work debate on theme The Mining Sector and Newly Built Roads in parliament
The issue of roads being damaged by overloaded cars and the possible ways of solution were at the core of the work debate on the theme The Mining Sector and the Newly Built Roads.The work debate held on May 2 initiated the Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights an...
02.05.2024Report on activity of RA Central Electoral Commission for 2022-2023 debated in Parliament
In 2022-2023, local self-government elections were organized and held in 24 communities of Armenia, 21 of them with proportional electoral system, and 3 with majoritarian system. In 2023, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) verified the validity of the signatures collected by the initiative group...
02.05.2024National Assembly continues work of regular sittings
On May 2, the National Assembly continued the work of the regular sittings and passed by voting the draft laws debated on the previous day.Afterwards, the deputies continued the debate of the annual report on the activity of the Commission on Television and Radio (CTR) for 2023.During the period all...
02.05.2024Members of NA Armenia-US Friendship Group meet with Co-chair of Congressional Armenian Issues Caucus in Washington
The members of the RA NA Armenia-US Friendship Group: The Head of the Friendship Group, the Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan,...
02.05.2024Armenian deputies meet with Chair of Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate, Senator Ben Cardin in Washington
On May 1, the members of the RA NA Armenia-U.S. Friendship Group - the Head of the Friendship Group, the Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Ar...
30.04.2024Representatives of NA opposition factions meet with Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
On April 30, the deputies of the RA NA Armenia Faction the deputies Artur Khachatryan and Armen Gevorgyan and the deputy of With Honor Faction Anna Mkrtchyan met with the delegation led by the Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert Jan Koopman.The Head of the delegation...
30.04.2024Vladimir Vardanyan: We are trying to go on through path of peace for having stable and lasting peace
On April 30, the Head of the RA NA Armenia-France Friendship Group, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan met with the Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces, as well as the European Affairs Committee of the Senate of the R...
30.04.2024Andranik Kocharyan: After 44-day war Armenia has taken a course which is aimed at reaching peace in the region
On April 30, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan received the Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces, as well as the European Affairs Committee of the Senate of the Republic of France Ronan Le Gleut. The Ambassador Extraordi...
30.04.2024Annual report on activity of Commission on Television and Radio for 2023 presented to Parliament
The media being under the control of the Commission operated freely last year without interference from the authorities: The Chairman of the Commission on Television and Radio (CTR) Tigran Hakobyan noted, presenting the annual report on the activity of the Commission on Television and Radio in 2023 ...
30.04.2024Ruben Rubinyan receives delegation led by Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert Jan Koopman
On April 30, the RA NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan received the delegation led by the Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert Jan Koopman.Welcoming the delegation, Ruben Rubinyan highlighted the development and deepening of the Armenia-EU relations.The steps aimed at s...
30.04.2024Government proposes to make amendments and addenda to law on State Duty
The amendments and addenda being proposed to the law on State Duty, which presented for debate the Deputy Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee Artur Manukyan, are aimed at simplification of the customs formalities process and the implementation of the same administration.The rapporteur noted t...
30.04.2024National Assembly debates a number of legislative initiatives in second reading
On April 30, the Parliament debated a number of legislative initiatives in the second reading.With the package of draft laws providing for amendments and addenda to the law on Trade and Services and the related laws, it is planned to make the legal regulations regarding itinerant trade in Yerevan ap...
30.04.2024More convenient, realistic and fair conditions to be provided for property tax payers of vehicles
According to the current regulations, physical persons pay the annual amount of vehicle property tax to the budget of the community of the place of their state registration until December 1 including of the tax year. Only after that, the technical inspection process is allowed. At one time, these tw...
30.04.2024Government proposes amendments in legislation regulating gaming sphere
The Executive proposes amendments to the laws on Lotteries and on Winning Games, Internet Winning Games and Casinos. The Deputy Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee (SRC) Artur Manukyan noted that by the current legislation the authorizing body, the Ministry of Finance carries out control towa...
30.04.2024It is proposed to define notion of QR code in Tax Code
With the adoption of the draft, it will be possible to regulate the relations regarding the certification of the document printed or downloaded from the information base of the tax body or from the taxpayer’s personal page of the electronic management system of the tax body’s reporting system and ce...
30.04.2024Assessment of budgetary programmes to be implemented on behalf of the Government by authorized body
Assessment powers of the budgetary programmes and assessment of the budgetary programmes is reserved to the RA Government by the draft law. The RA Deputy Minister of Finance Vahan Sirunyan said, presenting the draft law on Making Amendment and Addendum to the law on Making Amendment and Addendum to ...
30.04.2024Initiative proposing balance in relations between debtor and creditor debated
The Government has proposed amendments and addenda to the Law on Enforcement of Judicial Acts. It is proposed to provide for confiscation proceedings of 200.000 AMD and more, with the consent of the creditor, regardless of the existence of property owned by the debtor, to expand the scope of confisc...
30.04.2024An opportunity to be given to render state services in communities by establishing an authorizing norm
In 2016, we have stated as a policy that state certain functions can be rendered not only through appropriate digital platforms of the authorizing bodies, but we can and we should use digital wider opportunities, which will make the services more accessible and affordable for population. At present,...
30.04.2024NA begins work of regular sittings: Draft of statement authored by Armenia Faction not included in agenda of session
The National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings on April 30.In order to include in the draft agenda of the seventh session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly, the deputies debated the draft of the NA statement on Delimitation and Demarcation between the Republic of Armen...
29.04.2024Meri Galstyan: Democracy will ensure the security, the development and the stability of our country in the region
The member of the RA NA delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie (APF), the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Meri Galstyan took part in the Meeting of the APF Political Committee.The Armenian delegation proposed to make amendments and addenda in the summary report of the Co...
29.04.202418 items included on draft agenda of regular sittings to be convened on April 30
On April 29, the Council of the National Assembly convened a sitting, which presided over the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, the NA Acting President Ruben Rubinyan.The drafts on making addenda to the agenda of the seventh session of the eighth convocation of the National Assembly and on the agenda of...
29.04.2024It is proposed to reform legislation regulating media sphere
The Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport of the National Assembly initiated a public debate on the proposed amendments to the Law on Mass Media and the RA Civil Code. The initiative authored by the Government was elaborated with the participation of the Minist...
29.04.2024Report on activity of RA Prosecutor’s Office for 2023 debated at committee sitting
During the year 2023, 40.066 crime cases were recorded in the republic, compared with the year 2022, the crime cases increased by 8.1%. The RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan said this at April 29 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, presenting for debate the report o...
27.04.2024Delegation of France-Armenia Friendship Group of the Senate of France visits Armenia
The Delegation led by the Head of the France-Armenia Friendship Group of the Senate of France was in Armenia. The guests visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, discussed with the NA President Alen Simonyan the security situation in the South Caucasus and issues of effective cooperation....
26.04.2024Sargis Khandanyan meets with Chairperson and members of Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament in Denmark
The Head of the delegation of the National Assembly to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation of Europe (OSCE PA), the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan is in the Kingdom of Denmark to take part in the work of the Bureau Meeti...
26.04.2024Representatives of NA Armenia and With Honor Factions meet with Head of Delegation of European Union to RA
On April 26, the Head of the NA Armenia Faction Seyran Ohanyan and With Honor Faction Tigran Abrahamyan met with the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Armenia, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos.Welcoming the guest, the Armenian parliamentarians highlighted the RA-EU relations...
26.04.2024Annual report on 2023 activity of CTR debated in Committee
It’s already the fourth year, I have to confirm that the media operating under the control of the Commission have acted freely, independently, without the interference of state institutions. Why are we confident, because at the end of each year, we send an official written request to all the broadca...
26.04.2024Committee endorses draft law
At the sitting of April 26 of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport, the draft on Amending the Law on Audiovisual Media was debated in the second reading.The author of the legislative initiative Sisak Gabrielyan informed that during the period from the f...
26.04.2024New legal regulation on interconnectedness of property tax and technical inspection processes of vehicles of physical persons
The deputies of the NA Civil Contract Faction Babken Tunyan and Narek Zeynalyan propose an addendum to the RA Tax Code. “We are solving an important problem with the initiative: It affects hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens. It refers to the rules applied during the technical inspection. T...
26.04.2024Committee endorses legislative initiatives being debated in second reading
At April 26 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, the draft law on Addenda and Amendments to the law on Remuneration of the Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions was debated in the second reading.The principles established by Article 4 of the law will...
26.04.2024It is designed to add the number of operators rendering digital services in settlements
It is proposed by the legislative package to design an authorizing norm for the Government in about 75 settlements of the republic to expand the list of the operators rendering digital services. The RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan informed this.The...
26.04.2024Government presents amendments and addenda to law on Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts
Within the enforcement proceedings stemming from the specifying the provisions on spreading penalty on the salary of the physical person’s debtors and other kind of incomes, designing the debtor physical persons’ additional social guarantees, as well as ensuring the efficiency of the action implemen...
26.04.2024It is designed to reform system of levying state duty for operations by customs bodies
It is proposed to rewrite the article on the rates of state duty paid for customs operations defined by the law on State Duty. It is proposed to bring these norms into line with the rates established by the EEU Customs Code. In recent years, they have not undergone any amendments.Separation of the s...
26.04.2024Addenda being proposed to RA Tax Code debated
The author of the addenda to the RA Tax Code is the Government. The purpose of the initiative is to decrease the workflow and save the material and human resources being spent on it.According to the Deputy Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee (SRC) Artur Manukyan, while submitting numerous doc...
26.04.2024New regulations for fulfillment of tax obligations of organizers engaged in gaming activities
The Executive proposes amendments to the Laws on Lotteries and on Winning Games, Internet Winning Games and Casinos. The main regulations were presented by the Deputy Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee Artur Manukyan at the sitting of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on April 26.Ac...
25.04.2024Delegation led by Chairman of opposition party France Unbowed of France visits NA
On April 25, the Head of the RA NA Armenia-France Friendship Group Vladimir Vardanyan met with the delegation led by the Chairman of the left-wing France Unbowed opposition party Jean-Luc Mélenchon.Welcoming the delegation in parliament Vladimir Vardanyan noted that the Armenian-French relations are...
25.04.2024Alen Simonyan and Head of France-Armenia Friendship Group discuss Armenia-EU visa liberalisation process
On April 25, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Head of the France-Armenia Friendship Group of the Senate of the Republic of France Gilbert-Luc Devinaz.Welcoming the guests, the NA President noted with satisfaction that Armenia greatly highligh...
25.04.2024RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan meets with Deputy Speaker of People’s Assembly of Syria
On April 25, the Vice President of the RA National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan met with the delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of the People’s Assembly of the Arab Republic of Syria Muhammad Al-Ajlani, who is in our country to take part in the events dedicated to the 109th anniversary of the Armenian...
25.04.2024Annual report on activities of RA Human Rights Defender in 2023 debated
In 2023, compared to the previous year, the number of applications addressed to the Human Rights Defender (HRD) increased, and the number of cases with a positive solution also increased significantly: In 2022, we had 1.282 cases with positive solutions, and in 2023 - 1.922 cases: The RA Human Right...
25.04.2024Alen Simonyan to Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Syria: Crossroads of Peace is the vision of the Republic of Armenia to peace
On April 25, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of the People’s Assembly of the Arab Republic of Syria Muhammad Al-Ajlani.“More than one century ago the Syrian people gave asylum to the Armenians, who hardly survived genocide in ...
25.04.2024French Parliamentarians hosted in NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security
Today, Armenia is striving for peace with steady and firm steps. We will steadily go along the path of delimitation of the state border and making security protection of that border a reality. It will give us a legal basis to achieve peace: The Chair of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security...
25.04.2024Debate of legislative package postponed
The item of debate of the legislative package envisaging addenda on Trade and Services and to the enclosed laws authored by the deputies of the Civil Contract Faction Alkhas Ghazaryan, Hakob Arshakyan, Babken Tunyan, Sona Ghazaryan, Arusyak Julhakyan and Mariam Poghosyan was on the agenda of the sit...
25.04.2024NA Armenia-France Friendship Group meets with French colleagues
On April 25, the members of the NA Armenia-France Friendship Group met with the members of the delegation led by the Chairman of the France-Armenia Friendship Group of the Senate of the Republic of France Gilbert-Luc Devinaz.The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Olivi...
24.04.2024Message by RA NA President Alen Simonyan on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Dear compatriots, Dear people,On April 24, we commemorate 1.5 million innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.109 years ago, the first Genocide of the 20th century was carried out by the Ottoman Empire. Our nation...
24.04.2024Tribute to Memory of Armenian Genocide Victims
The RA President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan, the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic Vahagn Khachaturyan, the deputies of the Civil Contract Faction of the National Assembly and other officials paid tribute to the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide ...
23.04.2024Delegation led by NA President on a working in Spain
Speech from the European platform, packed agenda. The RA NA Alen Simonyan also had a meeting with the King Felipe VI of Spain.The RA NA President participated in the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments in Spain, in which the situation on the EU region and the wars going on in differ...
23.04.2024Work debate in Parliament on implementation of 2023 measures of 2023-2027 complex programme for social inclusion of persons with disabilities
On June 8,2023, the RA Government approved the complex programme for 2023-2027 Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. On April 23, a work debate was held in the Parliament regarding the measures implemented in 2023, at the initiative of the member of the Standing Committee on Labor and Socia...
23.04.2024Standing Committee debates NA draft statement presented by Armenia Faction
At April 23 sitting, the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations debated the NA draft statement on Delimitation and Demarcation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan authored by the NA Armenia Faction, which presented the deputy of the Armenia Faction Artur Khachatryan.Th...
23.04.2024It is proposed to carry out itinerant trade in communities as well
The RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection debated the package of draft laws providing for amendments and addenda to the draft law on Trade and Services and the related laws at the sitting of April 23 in the second readin...
23.04.2024Alen Simonyan and Lorenzo Fontana sign Protocol on Cooperation between Parliaments of Armenia and Italy
On April 23, the delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Italy Lorenzo Fontana within the framework of the working visit to Spain.The interlocutors highly assessed the relations established between Armenia and Italy, no...
23.04.2024Sergey Bagratyan meets with YSU students
The issues regarding the delimitation and demarcation of the state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan were at the core of the meeting of the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Sergey Bagratyan and the YSU students.The MP noted that after the completion of the relevant works, it will be possi...
23.04.2024Ruben Rubinyan receives Ambassador of Greece to RA
On April 23, the Vice President of the National Assembly Ruben Rubinyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to our country Christos Sofianopoulos.The Armenia-Greece inter-parliamentary cooperation, as well as the situation in the region were discussed.The sides highli...
23.04.2024RA NA President Alen Simonyan meets with Speaker of the House of Commons of Parliament of Canada Greg Fergus
The delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the House of Commons of Parliament of Canada Greg Fergus within the framework of his working visit to the Kingdom of Spain.At the beginning of the meeting the sides documented about the Armenia-Canada high level politica...
22.04.2024Issues on Armenian-American parliamentary cooperation discussed
On April 22, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the RA National Assembly Sargis Khandanyan and the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Meri Galstyan received the Senior Professional Staff Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations at the US Senat...
22.04.2024Speech by RA NA President Alen Simonyan at the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments
Dear Mr. President,Dear Colleagues,Ladies and gentlemen,I want to express my gratitude for the invitation to participate in this conference and for the kind welcome extended to me in this charming city. Addressing my European colleagues on this platform for the first time is significant, and I since...
22.04.2024RA NA President Alen Simonyan Meets with Heads of Parliaments in Spain
The Delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan participates in the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments in Palma of the Kingdom of Spain.The Conference of Speakers is a forum for the exchange of views, information and experiences among European parliaments, which promotes th...
22.04.2024Ruben Rubinyan Receives EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar
On April 22, the Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan received the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar.The Head of the delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Armenia, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos attended the...
22.04.2024Report on Activity of CEC for 2022-2023 debated
The Chairman of the RA Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Vahagn Hovakimyan presented for debate at the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs the report on the activity of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia for 2022-2023. The issue was debated at April 22 sitting....
22.04.2024Legislative initiative aimed at increasing effectiveness of budget programmes
Introducing the periodic and regular assessment process of budget programmes is an important step in the context of programme budgeting reforms and will contribute to increasing the effectiveness of budget programmes: The RA Deputy Minister of Finance Vahan Sirunyan said. At the sitting of April 22 ...
22.04.2024Delegation led by NA President Alen Simonyan is on a working visit to Spain
The delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan is on a working visit to the Kingdom of Spain.The delegation led by Alen Simonyan will participate in the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments (EUSC) in Spain.The Conference is a platform for the exchange of opinions, inform...
22.04.2024Report on work done in first quarter of RA NA Budget Office for 2024 presented to Committee
At April 22 regular sitting, the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs listened and took as a note the report on the work done by the RA NA Budget Office. The expert of Budget Office Armine Varshamyan informed that during the financial period the Office prepared and submitt...
21.04.2024NA delegation takes part in work of PACE Spring Session
On April 15-18, the Spring Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) took place in Strasbourg. The NA deputies led by the Head of the delegation of our country in the organization took part in the works.This time there were no direct items, as if, concerning Armenia. At t...
20.04.2024Armenian parliamentarians take part in Leinsweiler Seminar
The Head of the Delegation of the National Assembly to the OSCE PA, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan and the member of the Delegation, the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Maria Karapetyan were in Berlin on a working visits.The Armenian MPs with the p...
20.04.2024Delegation led by NA President Alen Simonyan is in Lithuania on an official visit
Lithuania is ready to support Armenia in the process of the rapprochement of the relations with the European Union and the establishment of peace in the region. The delegation led by the NA President Alen Simonyan was in Lithuania on an official visit.Alen Simonyan had a number of bilateral meetings...
19.04.2024Hripsime Grigoryan: Armenia stands strong on the position of promoting the Peace agenda and regulating relations with Azerbaijan
PACE Spring Session was convened in Strasbourg, and the RA NA delegation also took part in it. The member of the Armenian delegation, the member of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hripsime Grigoryan gave an opening speech at the meeting of the session.“Honorable President,I want to take the opportunit...
19.04.2024Artur Hovhannisyan meets with YSU students
“Our aim is to create such an environment and conditions that foreign young people would like to study in Armenia as well,” the Secretary of the NA Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan said this at the meeting with the students of YSU Faculty of International Relations.Speaking about the Academ...
19.04.2024Sona Ghazaryan gives a speech at PACE Session
The member of the RA NA delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the member of the NA Civil Contract Faction Sona Ghazaryan gave a speech at PACE Spring Session going on in Strasbourg. The MP noted:“Sometimes, just a click can lead a child into a vast forest of data that...
19.04.2024Arusyak Julhakyan: We must find an effective balance between the AI opportunities and risks
The member of the RA NA delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the member of the NA Civil Contract Faction Arusyak Julhakyan gave a speech at PACE Spring Session going on in Strasbourg.“Dear Colleagues,Artificial intelligence has rapidly transformed various aspects of ...
19.04.2024Delegation of trade union representatives of Lithuanian state institutions visit Parliament
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Lithuania are at a high level. The recently activated bilateral visits, which give new vigor to Armenia-Lithuania relations, are welcome. This was stated by the Chair of the Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Heriknaz Tigranyan, welcoming the dele...
18.04.2024Hayk Konjoryan: Crossroads of Peace project can be harmoniously combined with all infrastructure projects
On April 18, the Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan received the delegation led by the Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Chen Zhou. The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integratio...
18.04.2024RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan hosts PRC delegation
The RA NA Vice President, the Head of the NA Armenia-China Friendship Group Hakob Arshakyan received the delegation led by the Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Chen Zhou. The member of the Friendship Group Lilit Minasyan attended ...
18.04.2024Prime Minister of Lithuania to Alen Simonyan: We are ready to support the RA in the rapprochement of the relations with the EU, in the establishment of peace in the South Caucasus
On April 18, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė, received the delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan in Vilnius.The Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania highly assessed the relations between Lithuania and Armenia, welcoming the democratic reform...
17.04.2024Foreign Minister of Lithuania to Alen Simonyan: Lithuania is ready to support in any way the peace process
On April 17, within the framework of the official visit the delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis.The meeting began with the discussion of the security problems existing in the region. Referenc...
17.04.2024Sargis Khandanyan receives newly appointed Ambassador of South Africa to our country
On April 17, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National; Assembly Sargis Khandanyan received the Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to our country Shoayb Casoo (residence in Kiev). Welcoming the guest, Sargis Khandanyan congratulated the Ambassador on the occasi...
17.04.2024Speaker of Seimas of Republic of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen receives delegation led by Alen Simonyan in Vilnius
On April 17, the delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan, being in Vilnius on an official visit, was received by the Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen.“I am glad to welcome you to the Lithuanian Parliament. Lithuania is the first count...
17.04.2024Vladimir Vardanyan’s speech at PACE Session: Democracy is a phenomenon which always pays challenges
The member of the RA NA delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Vladimir Vardanyan took part in the work of the Second part of the Annual (Spring) Session. The MP noted in his speech:“Thank you, Mister Chair, Honorable colleagues,This year we are celebrating the 75th...
17.04.2024Armen Gevorgyan: The right of return of Karabakh Armenians is not only a matter of justice and human rights but also essential for promoting peace, stability, and reconciliation in the region
The delegation of the National Assembly to PACE takes part in the work of the Second part of the Annual Session of the Assembly going on in Strasbourg. At April 16 meeting the member of the NA delegation to PACE Armen Gevorgyan gave a speech during the debate on the Application by Kosovo for members...
16.04.2024It is proposed to mark August 3 as a Memorial Day of Sinjar Yazidis Genocide Victims in 2014
At April 16 extraordinary sitting convened on the deputies’ initiative the draft law on Making addendum to the law on Holidays and Memorial Days of the Republic of Armenia authored by the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Rustam Bakoyan was debated in the first reading. It will be debated in t...
16.04.2024Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs convenes an extraordinary sitting
On April 16, the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs convened an extraordinary sitting.The draft law on Making Addendum to the law on Holidays and Memorial Days of the Republic of Armenia authored by the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Rustam Bakoyan was debat...
16.04.2024Delegation led by Alen Simonyan is in Republic of Lithuania on an official visit
On April 16-19 the delegation led by the President of the RA National Assembly left for the Republic of Lithuania on an official visit.Within the framework of the visit bilateral meetings are scheduled with the President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, the Prime Minister of the Re...