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 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...  15.04.2024Parliamentary Briefings: With Honor Faction The Secretary of the NA With Honor Faction Tigran Abrahamyan gave an introductory speech during the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, and then answered the questions of the media representatives....  15.04.2024Parliamentary Briefings: Civil Contract Faction 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 Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan answered the journalists’ questions....  15.04.2024Alen Simonyan Receives President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev On April 15, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.Welcoming the President of Kazakhstan in the National Assembly, Alen Simonyan expressed his solidarity to the friendly Kazakh people in confronting the floo...  15.04.2024Parliamentary Briefings: Armenia Faction The deputies Artur Khachatryan and Anna Grigoryan from Armenia Faction took part in the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. They first gave an introductory speech and then answered the journalists' questions....  15.04.2024It is proposed to make addendum to Law on RA Holidays and Memorial Days The regulation is conditioned by the necessity of commemorating the genocide against the Yazidi nation, honoring the memory of the innocent victims, and increasing the awareness of the human disaster by a wide range of society. The Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights...  15.04.2024Extraordinary Sitting of National Assembly to be convened on April 16, at 11:00 Taking as a basis the initiative of the deputies of the National Assembly on convening an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly and the NACD-23-L, being led by Article 100 of Constitution and Article 41 of the constitutional law NA Rules of Procedure, by the RA NA President’s decision an ex...  15.04.2024NA Extraordinary Sitting to be convened by consent of Council of National Assembly On April 15, the Council of the National Assembly of Armenia convened an extraordinary sitting. The Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan presided over it.The NA Council gave consent to convene an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly by the agenda established by the initiator and within its ...  12.04.2024RA NA President Alen Simonyan receives athletes of Powerlifting Team of Armenia On April 12, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the athletes of the Powerlifting of Armenia and the management team of the Federation.On March 20-24, the National Team of the Armenian Powerlifting took part in the XPC European Championship in Poland, winning the first p...  12.04.2024Alen Simonyan to Vasslis Maragos: Armenia and EU committed to expand and deepen the cooperation in all possible spheres On April 12, the President of the RA National Assembly received the Head of the delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Armenia, Ambassador Vassilis Maragos.Welcoming the Ambassador, the Head of Parliament thanked him for the efforts aimed at the strengthening of the relations between Ar...  12.04.2024Ruben Rubinyan receives delegation led by Minister of Justice of Georgia On April 12, the Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan received the delegation led by the Minister of Justice of Georgia Rati Bregadze.The Chair of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...  12.04.2024National Assembly completes work of regular sittings On April 12, the Parliament continued the work of regular sittings.In the second reading, the package of draft laws authored by the Government on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on State Control of Food Safety and the attached laws were debated.The RA Deputy Minister of Economy Tatevik Sarg...  12.04.2024Committee endorses legislative package aimed at making control in fields of feed safety and phytosanitary more effective By establishing new provisions, the control will be tightened, the marketing of dangerous products will be excluded, the legal basis for suspending or terminating the authority of the scientific center for risk assessment will be defined. This was stated by the RA Deputy Minister of Economy Tatevik ...  11.04.2024It is proposed to reduce frequency of information exchange between tax bodies At the regular sitting of April 11, the Parliament debated the draft law on making amendments to the protocol of December 11, 2009 on the electronic exchange of information on the paid amounts of indirect taxes between the tax bodies of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union. It was presen...  11.04.2024Legislative initiative aimed at preventing domestic violence debated In the second reading, the draft law on Making Amendments and Addenda to the law on Prevention of Domestic Violence, Protection of Victims of Domestic Violence and Restoration of Family Solidarity authored by the MPs Zaruhi Batoyan, Sona Ghazaryan and Tsovinar Vardanyan of the NA Civil Contract Fact...  11.04.2024Parliament debates issues regarding ratification of international documents The MPs, continuing the work of regular sittings, adopted the legislative initiatives debated in the previous days by voting.The draft of the NA statement on delimitation and demarcation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan proposed as a result of the debate on the urgent t...  11.04.2024Aim of initiative is to ensure transparency of activities of temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers By making addendum to the law on Refugees and Asylum, the Government is planning to increase public control over the living conditions of asylum seekers’ housing, as well as the possibilities of exercising their rights in dwellings. The Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service of the RA Ministr...  11.04.2024Vache Terteryan: Target of project will be a 65% decrease in energy consumption with an estimated saving of 275 million AMD The financial contract between the Republic of Armenia and the European Investment Bank Yerevan energy efficiency phase two was signed on November 29, 2023. According to the contract, the European Investment Bank provides Armenia with a loan of 25 million euros to support the improvement of sustaina...  11.04.2024Viewpoints on Implementation of RA Government Programme for 2023 In their speeches the deputies expressed different assessments on the implementation of the RA Government Programme for 2023, made comparisons between it and the programme of measures of the activity of the Government for 2021-2026, presented their ideas on developing our state, taking out of the di...  11.04.2024Sargis Khandanyan meets with delegation of Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden On April 11, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan met with the representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden.The Head of Division for Eastern Europe of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Emil Gelebo, the Desk Officer of the Ministry...  11.04.2024Hripsime Grigoryan meets with representatives of Foreign Ministry of Sweden On April 11, the Head of the Armenia-Sweden Friendship Group of the National Assembly Hripsime Grigoryan met with the delegation led by the Head of Division for Eastern Europe of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Emil Gelebo.The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to the ...  11.04.2024Babken Tunyan: Economy grew by 8.7% in 2023 In 2023, the economy grew by 8.7%, which is quite a high indicator. During the last three years, the real growth of the economy of the Republic of Armenia was 29.5%, the average annual growth was 9.8%, which is higher than the target set before us: The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on...  11.04.2024Debate of report on performance procedure and results of RA Government programme for 2023 continues We’ll continue the reforms specified by the Government, and among them, perhaps, the most important one is the insurance. On the previous year the concept was accepted, and in the near future we’ll also present the legislative package to you. The RA Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan said this, pre...  10.04.2024Parliament debates report on implementation of Government programme for 2023 On April 10, the Parliament debated the report on the implementation process and the results of the Government programme of the Republic of Armenia (2021-2026) for 2023.The Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan presented the support programmes for our compatriots forcibly displaced from Nagorno-K...  10.04.2024Members of Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration Meet with Ambassador of China to RA China is one of the important partners of Armenia. The warm relations of the two countries are on rise and are of multi-sided character. The Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration Vagharshak Hakobyan said that during the meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary ...  10.04.2024RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan: We should concentrate on serving the interests of real Armenia At April 10 sitting, the National Assembly debated the report on the procedure of the implementation of the RA Government programme (2021-2026) for 2023 and its results.In his main speech the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan first spoke about the perceptions and of our society on historical Armenia...  09.04.2024Sargis Khandanyan meets Director of Political Affairs and External Relations in CoE Miroslav Papa On April 9, the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan met with the Director of Political Affairs and External Relations in the Council of Europe Miroslav Papa. Welcoming the guest in the National Assembly, Sargis Khandanyan noted that the toolkit of the Council...  09.04.2024Hasmik Hakobyan meets with students of YSU Faculty of International Relations The deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hasmik Hakobyan talked about the representation of women and men in Parliament and the importance of gender equality in other fields during the meeting held on April 9 with the students of YSU Faculty of International Relations.The meeting took place in a ...  09.04.2024Legislative initiative aimed at rise of level of road network and tunnel security The legislative package is aimed at the rise of the level of the road network and tunnel security, the reduction of their possible risks, the implementation of the preventing policy in the road accidents. The RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Kristine Ghalechyan said this, presenting ...  09.04.2024A number of bills presented to Parliament for debate At the sitting of April 9, the National Assembly debated a number of draft laws in the second reading.In the second reading, the legislative package on Making Amendments and Addenda to the Law on Management of Multi-Apartment Buildings and on Making Addenda to the RA Code on Administrative Offenses ...  09.04.2024Project envisaged by Loan Agreement to be financed in amount of 60 million 90 thousand euros According to Yerevan Urban Development Investment Project Loan Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Asian Development Bank signed on November 27, 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) agrees to provide our country with a loan of 60 million 90 thousand euros from ADB's ordinary capital ...  09.04.2024It is proposed to make compensation of income tax paid from the incomes receiving in the form of dividends The Executive proposes amendments in the Tax Code. The RA Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan presented the main regulations at the NA sitting. From January 1, 2017 the dividends received by the foreign citizens and the persons with no citizenship, and from January 1, 2018 the dividends recei...  09.04.2024It is proposed to make the fiduciary management of the company share with additional liability as a type of activity to be notified It is proposed to make the fiduciary management of the company share with additional liability as a type of activity to be notified, making relevant amendments to the law on Notification of the Activity Implementation. At April 9 RA NA sitting, The Deputy Minister of Justice Karen Karapetyan in the ...  09.04.2024Amendments in law on Remuneration of Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions debated The MPs debated the addenda and amendments proposed by the Government to the law on the Remuneration of Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions in the first reading at the sitting of April 9. It was presented by the Head of the Civil Service Bureau of the RA Prime Minister's Offi...  09.04.2024Government proposes to tighten control aimed at regulating slaughterhouse activity In the event of inspections in slaughterhouses, the official carrying out state control will have a legal basis to suspend or terminate slaughterhouse activities, as well as to set authorizing norms.When violations are detected as a result of control in slaughterhouses, it will be possible to suspen...  09.04.2024Work of regular sittings of National Assembly begins On April 9, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings. The parliament approved the agenda of the sittings. The debate of some items in the second reading will be held after passing them in the first reading during twenty-four hours.The proposing amendments are conditioned by makin...  09.04.2024Vivid impressions from the concert held under the high auspices of the RA NA President A concert took place under the high auspices of the RA NA President Alen Simonyan dedicated to one-month of the women’s holidays.The cultural evening was held in the framework of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the foundations of Komitas National Quartet.The RA Minister’s spouse Anna Ha...  08.04.2024Members of Political and Security Committee of the EU Council hosted in Parliament On April 8, the Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan, the members of the Standing Committees on Foreign Relations, on European Integration and on Defense and Security met with the delegation led by the Chair of the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the E...  08.04.2024NA deputies were in Syunik Marz on a three-day visit, got acquainted with subvention programmes and problems of the region On April 3-5, on a three-day working visit the members of the RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Davit Danielyan, Mikayel Tumasyan and Sergey Bagratyan, deputies Marina Ghazaryan and Karen Hambardzumyan led by the Committee Chai...  08.04.2024Alen Simonyan Receives CoE Secretary General: The need of establishing peace in the region reaffirmed On April 8, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejčinović Burić.At the beginning of the meeting Alen Simonyan presented the procedure of the Council of Europe Action Plan fo...  08.04.202425 items included on draft agenda of regular sittings to be convened on April 9 On April 8, the Council of the National Assembly convened a sitting, which presided over the RA NA President Alen Simonyan.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 the regular sittings to be convened on ...  08.04.2024Work debate in Parliament on Features of care of minor children with diabetes at home and at school A group of parents of minor children with diabetes addressed the member of the Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Lilit Stepanyan within the framework of the regular reception of citizens, raising many questions regarding the diagnosis and control of the disease.What does the modern worl...  08.04.2024Committee endorses legislative initiative aimed at prevention of family violence It is expected that as a result of the adoption of the legislative package legal bases will be created for the solution of the problems emerged in the legal practice, the prevention of violence in family and the fight against it, as well as for the implementation of the effective means of the protec...  08.04.2024It is proposed to regulate issues related to security channel infrastructure by memorandum At April 8 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security, the RA Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan presented the draft law on Ratifying the Memorandum of Understanding on Security Channel between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and Europea...  08.04.2024Fight against crime to be more targeted with ratification of Agreement The issue of ratification of the Agreement on Collaboration between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation was debated at the sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security on April 8. The Agreement aims...  07.04.2024Alen Simonyan’s congratulatory message on Motherhood and Beauty Day Dear women, mothers, sisters, daughters, I congratulate you on Motherhood and Beauty Day.You give life, you fill the family where you were born with warmth, you give love and care and thus start and regulate the continuous course of life.It is a great pleasure to witness the success of women in educ...  05.04.2024Sargis Khandanyan Receives Ambassador of Canada to Armenia On April 5, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to our country Andrew Turner.Welcoming the guest in parliament, Sargis Khandanyan congratulated Andrew Turner on being appointed First Res...  05.04.2024Sargis Khandanyan meets with students of YSU Faculty of International Relations Priorities of foreign policy of Armenia, work being done on the international platforms, bilateral and multi-lateral relations, the regional security problems: The meeting of the Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan and the students of the Student Scientific S...  05.04.2024Loan Agreement aimed at solving community problems in Yerevan endorsed The Loan Agreement of Yerevan Urban Development Investment Project between the RA and the Asian Development Bank was signed on November 27, 2023: It is a loan guaranteed by the Government in order to solve the community problems in Yerevan. It has intermediate and final results: In particular, it re...  05.04.2024Electricity consumption of 6 polyclinics and 32 kindergartens to be reduced as a result of programme implementation In our opinion, this is an important and useful loan agreement and a good programme. The loan is sovereign, i.e. we take the loan in the context of the state guarantees of our country. Within the framework of the presented and negotiated project of Yerevan Municipality, this is the Phase II, which r...  04.04.2024Arman Yeghoyan: An agreement was reached on beginning work on EU-Armenia Partnership new agenda, setting more ambitious priorities The NA Standing Committee on European Integration convened parliamentary hearings on “New Perspectives and Challenges of the European Integration of Armenia.” In his opening speech Arman Yeghoyan touched upon in detail the process of the establishment of the RA and EU diplomatic relations and the le...  04.04.2024Problems of companies selling petrol and liquefied gas discussed On the agenda of the work discussion organized by the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on April 4 were the problems of the companies selling petrol and liquefied gas. The representatives of fuel selling companies and state bodies regarding the sector took part in the discussion. According t...  04.04.2024Rustam Bakoyan: Armenia goes through path to democracy Armenia goes through path to democracy. We have chosen a clear path, and the representatives of the international organizations give assessment to our chosen path, our political activity. Their assessments are awareness for the current government. The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on ...  03.04.2024Draft aimed at boosting tax discipline The issue on Amending the RA Tax Code was presented for debate of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs by the Government for developing and boosting the tax discipline. The key rapporteur was the Deputy Minister of Finance Arman Poghosyan.It is proposed by the draft to provide compensation ...  03.04.2024Draft restricting the system of income tax return in marzes postponed up to 2 months The addenda being proposed in the Tax Code refer to the review of return from the income tax the interests of serving the mortgage loan in case of obtaining an apartment or constructing a residential house by the entities or physical persons. At April 4 sitting, the Deputy Minister of Finance Arman ...  03.04.2024RA NA President’s statement on proposing a candidate for a judge of Constitutional Court According to Article 166.1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, the General Assembly of Judges of the Republic of Armenia proposed the candidacy of Davit Khachaturyan for the vacancy of a judge of the Constitutional Court....  02.04.2024Remote work discussion with members of Swedish International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance The Swedish International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) collects information on various components of democracy in 173 countries of the world from many sources and compiles a monthly information-report on the progress or decline of democracy: Armenia is also i...  02.04.2024Control in spheres of feed safety, phytosanitary by legislative regulation to become more effective The Government proposes amendments and addenda to the laws on State Control of Food Safety, on Feed Safety and on State Duty. Suspension of pesticides and agro-chemicals in case of discrepancy of the content of the material affecting to the demands established of the non-registered in Armenia, expir...  02.04.2024It is proposed to regulate slaughterhouse activity With the adoption of the legislative initiative, control aimed at regulating slaughterhouse activity will be tightened. That is, in case of violations, the official carrying out state control will have a legal basis to suspend or stop the slaughterhouse activity in case of inspections. This was stat...  02.04.2024New competences established by initiative for representatives of state authorized body, local self-government bodies, and staffs of governors New competences are established by initiative for representatives of state authorized body, the local self-government bodies, and staffs of governors. The First Deputy of the RA Urban Development Committee, the Acting Chairman Davit Grigoryan said, presenting the amendments to the law on Management ...  02.04.2024Debate of draft law postponed At April 2 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport, the debate of the draft law on Making Amendment and Addendum the RA Law on General Education was postponed for up to two months. The Committee member, the author of the initiative, the deputy o...  02.04.2024Government proposes to revise and proportionally increase coefficients of Chairman and member of CTR According to the draft, it is proposed to set the coefficients for calculating the basic salary of the Chairman of the Commission on Television and Radio (CTR) and the member of the Commission in accordance with the coefficients established for the calculation of the basic salary of the persons hold...  02.04.2024Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs debates a number of legislative initiatives in second reading At April 2 sitting, the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs debated in the second reading a number of legislative initiatives and endorsed them. The Committee Chair Vladimir Vardanyan moderated the sitting.The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Levon Balyan presented the bill designing the amen...  02.04.2024Draft aimed at protecting asylum seekers’ rights The proposed addendum is intended to enable non-governmental organizations to exercise control over the activities of the temporary accommodation center for asylum seekers: The Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Armen Ghazaryan said this, presenting the...  01.04.2024Ambassador of Japan to Armenia hosted in Parliament On April 1, the members of Armenia-Japan Friendship Group of the National Assembly met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Armenia Aoki Yutaka.Welcoming the newly appointed Ambassador in Parliament, the Head of Armenia-Japan Friendship Group Babken Tunya...  01.04.2024Hanami Festival celebrated in NA Park We again do not break our traditions and we celebrate the Hanami Festival in the National Assembly Park. Taking the advantage, I would like to congratulate you, Mr Ambassador, on holding this responsible position and to wish you successes in this important job: The Head of Armenia-Japan Friendship G...  01.04.2024Legislative initiative aimed at rise of control efficiency towards payments of indirect taxes The purpose of the designing amendments is the rise of control efficiency towards the improvement of the legal relations connected with the exchange of information in electronic form between tax bodies of state members of the Eurasian Economic Union on payments of indirect taxes. At April 1 sitting ...  30.03.2024Congratulation of RA NA President Alen Simonyan on the Feast of the Holy Resurrection Dear compatriots,I warmly congratulate you on Easter, the Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.May this bright holiday bring blessing, peace and prosperity to all our families and the Armenian people.Christ is Risen from the dead: Blessed is the Resurrection of Christ....  29.03.2024Aleksey Sandikov meets with YSU students The number one problem is the establishment of peace in the region and solving the security issues of Armenia: The deputy of the NA Civil Contract Aleksey Sandikov said during the meeting with the students of the Faculty of International Relations of Yerevan State University.The parliamentary touche...  29.03.2024Parliamentary hearings to be convened by decision of Standing Committee on European Integration At the extraordinary sitting of March 29, the Standing Committee on European Integration made a decision to convene parliamentary hearings on April 4 at 11:00am in the NA session hall. The topic New perspectives and challenges of Armenia’s European integration will be debated. ...  28.03.2024Committee debates report on performance of Government programme for 2023 At March 28 extraordinary sitting, the NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs debated and took note of the report on the process and the results of the implementation of the RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2023.The Minister of Education, Science, Culture, Spor...  28.03.2024Committee debates performance of RA Government programme of previous year In the extraordinary sitting of March 28, the NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs debated and took note of the parts of the report on the process and the results of the implementation of the RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2023, related to the relevant fields.The RA Minister of...  28.03.2024Ruben Rubinyan receives Georgian Parliamentary Delegation On March 28, the Vice President of the RA National Assembly, the Head of the Armenia-Georgia Friendship Group Ruben Rubinyan received the delegation led by the Chairman of the Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee of Parliament of Georgia Givi Mikanadze.Speaking about bilateral ties, the NA...  28.03.2024Joint Statement signed between Committees being engaged with science and education of parliaments of Armenia and Georgia On March 28, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Sport of the RA National Assembly Sisak Gabrielyan met with the delegation led by the Chairman of the Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee of Parliament of Georgia Givi Mikanadze. The Deput...  28.03.2024Aleksey Sandikov attends meetings of IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Defense and Security Issues and Joint Commissions The member of the RA NA delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS IPA), the deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Aleksey Sandikov took part in the meetings of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Defense and Security Issues and the Joint Commission ...  28.03.2024Georgian Parliamentarians Visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On March 28, the delegation led by the Chairman of the Education, Science and Youth Affairs Committee of Parliament of Georgia Givi Mikanadze that arrived in Armenia, visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex accompanied by the member of the RA NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Di...  27.03.2024Zaruhi Batoyan: I attach importance to constant connection between political organizations and decision-makers The RA's efforts to promote gender equality in the workplace have been more visible in recent years, but despite these efforts, gender discrimination manifestations continue to be recorded in labor relations: The deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Zaruhi Batoyan said this during the public p...  27.03.2024Alen Simonyan receives parliamentary delegation of France: Such visits are of great political and security importance On March 27, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Head of the France-Armenia Friendship Group of the National Assembly of the Republic of France Anne-Laurence PetelAt the beginning of the meeting Alen Simonyan thanked his French colleagues for th...  27.03.2024Committee debates report on implementation of Government’s programme for 2023 On March 27, the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection debated and took note of the relevant parts of the report on the implementation process and the results of the RA Government Programme (2021-2026) for 2023.The RA Minis...  27.03.2024RA NA delegation meets with Indian Parliamentary delegation within the framework of 148th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union Within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union the RA NA delegation led by the NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan met with the parliamentary delegation led by the Deputy Speaker of the Indian Parliament Harivansh Narayan Singh.Welcoming the delegation of India, the NA Vic...  27.03.2024Parliamentary delegation of France visits Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex On March 27, the delegation led by the Chairwoman of the France-Armenia Friendship Group of the National Assembly of France Anne-Laurence Petel accompanied by the Head of the RA NA Armenia-France Friendship Group Vladimir Vardanyan visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex.The guests laid flowers at ...  27.03.2024RA NA delegation meets with UAE delegation within the framework of 148th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union Within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union the RA NA delegation met with the delegation led by the Chairman of Defense Affairs, Affairs, Interior & Foreign Affairs of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Vice President of the Inter-P...  27.03.2024RA NA delegation meets with Danish delegation within framework of 148th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union Within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the RA NA delegation met with their Danish colleagues at the initiative of Denmark, led by the Head of the delegation Søren Søndergaard.The NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan, welcoming the delegation, noted. “We attac...  26.03.2024RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan gives a speech at 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union The RA NA Vice President Hakob Arshakyan gave a speech at the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In his speech the NA Vice President noted:“Madam/Mr. President,Excellencies,Fellow parliamentarians,...  26.03.2024Levon Kocharyan gives a speech at 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union The member of the RA NA delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union, the deputy of the Armenia Faction Levon Kocaryan gave a speech at the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.“Dear Colleagues, It has been sixth months since the armed forces of Azerbaijan attacked and conquered the territory ...  26.03.2024Delegation led by RA NA President Alen Simonyan is in Geneva The delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan was in Geneva on March 22-25. The 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union was held in Switzerland. ...  26.03.2024Grigor Minasyan presents reforms implemented in field of justice Very often, our citizens complain about the extension of the sessions and proceedings as a result of overloading in courts. In this direction, the reforms implemented in 2023 were indeed crucial, most of which were legislative reforms. Presenting the main directions of the reforms implemented in the...  26.03.2024Sona Ghazaryan gives a speech in the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for European Union Affairs held in Brussels The member of the RA NA Standing Committee on European Integration, the deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Sona Ghazaryan gave a speech in the Conference of parliamentary Committees for European Union Affairs (COSAC) held in Brussels. The MP noted in her speech:“First of all, Let me express our gr...  25.03.2024Gevorg Papoyan: In 2023, positive changes were registered from viewpoint of membership of EEU In 2023, positive changes were registered from the viewpoint of the EEU membership. According to the data of the Statistical Committee, in 2023, the trade turnover with the EEU member countries in Armenia amounted to 7 billion 616 million USD, which increased by about 43% compared to the previous ye...  25.03.2024Reforms and programmes implemented in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of 2023 presented At March 25 sitting, the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security debated the report on the procedure and results of the performance of the Government programme of the Republic of Armenia (2021-2026) for 2023. The document was taken as a note.First, the Minister of Internal Affairs Vahe Ghazary...  25.03.2024Alen Simonyan has constructive and partnership meetings within framework of 148th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union The RA NA President Alen Simonyan had a number of meetings with the parliamentarians from different countries within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva.During the meetings, the RA NA President introduced the situation in the South Caucasus to his col...  25.03.2024Andranik Kocharyan: There cannot be any armed illegal group in RA Operationally, it was a very alarming situation inside the country last night. Armed men invaded one of the police stations, and it was not clear what developments and what perspective there could be. Thanks to our power structures, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Security Service,...  25.03.2024Babken Tunyan meets with students of YSU Faculty of International Relations Today, our information is much and distorted. In all of them the right thing loses. Even the media-literate society often is not able to understand what is said or is done by the media because of deliberately or non-deliberately, wrongly presenting the information: The Deputy Chair of the NA Standin...  25.03.2024French Parliamentarians hosted in National Assembly We always highlighted and continue highlighting the Armenian-French relations. We welcome the presence of the French colleagues in different formats in Armenia, and we are happy that the bilateral ties have already entered the phase of implementation of practical steps. The Chairman of the RA NA Arm...  25.03.2024Mariam Poghosyan: For in empowering our youth, we empower ourselves, and together, we can build a better future The deputy of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Mariam Poghosyan took part in the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit held in Athens and gave a speech.“Esteemed attendees, dear colleagues,I would like to extend my gratitude to the organizers and hosts of this remarkable event. It is really an invalu...  25.03.2024Performance of RA Ministry of Defense in 2023 is 99.8% On March 25, the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security debated and took note of the report on the implementation process and the results of the 2023 Government programme of the Republic of Armenia (2021-2026).The RA Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan informed that due to the security situati...  25.03.2024Alen Simonyan: RA highlights the development of bilateral relations with the United Kingdom at the level of strategic dialogue The President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan met with the Head of the delegation of the United Kingdom to Inter-Parliamentary Union Karen Bradley within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union being held in Geneva.The Head of Parliament underscored the sustain...  24.03.2024Alen Simonyan gives a speech at the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Madam President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,Excellencies,Fellow parliamentarians,Ladies and gentlemen,In the beginning of my speech I want to state that we strongly condemn the terroristattack that took place in Moscow city and claimed many lives. My condolences to therelatives of the victims a...  24.03.2024Delegation led by Alen Simonyan takes part in the opening ceremony of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union The delegation led by the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simnoyan took part in the opening ceremony of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva.The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Ackson, the Secretary General Martin Chungong, The President of the Fo...  23.03.2024Alen Simonyan and Martin Chungong sign an Agreement in Geneva: 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians to be held in Yerevan The RA NA President Alen Simonyan and the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Martin Chungong signed an Agreement on holding the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in the Republic of Armenia in Geneva.In September 2024, the 10t...  22.03.2024RA NA President Alen Simonyan meets with Speaker of Parliament of Azerbaijan in Geneva On March 22, the President of the RA National Assembly Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of Parliament of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union being held in Geneva.The meeting was organized on the initiative and mediation of the Inte...  22.03.2024Member of NA delegation Tatevik Gasparyan gives a speech in Euronest PA The RA NA delegation to the Assembly takes part in the works of the Eastern Partnership Parliamentary Assembly going on Brussels. The member of the NA delegation to the Assembly Tatevik Gasparyan gave a speech.“Esteemed colleagues,Today, we are discussing the important topic of digitalization and...  22.03.2024Nikol Pashinyan meets with RA NA Civil Contract Faction On March 22, the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the RA NA Civil Contract Faction in the National Assembly. The members of the Government also attended the meeting.The vision of the development of Armenia was discussed. ...  22.03.2024Measures and programmes implemented in healthcare sector in 2023 debated The policy of increasing the availability of medical care and service, not only in physical terms, but also in financial terms, as well as in the direction of providing the available medical care with high-quality and up-to-date standards, has been continued. According to the Government’s programme,...  22.03.2024Committee on Health Care debates in second reading a number of legislative initiatives On March 22, the Standing Committee on Health Care convened an extraordinary sitting. Narek Zeynalyan moderated it.A number of legislative initiatives authored by the Government were debated in the second reading.It is proposed to introduce an individual licensing system of medical professionals in ...  22.03.2024More than 45 strategic programmes implemented within framework of State Programme for Development of RA Education until 2030 In 2023, the plan of actions arising from the law on approving the State Programme for the Development of the RA Education until 2030 was approved, with clear targets and a schedule at all levels of education. The RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan said this at th...  22.03.2024Delegation led by RA NA President Alen Simonyan is in Geneva The delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan is on a working visit in Geneva on March 22-27 to participate in the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).The Vice President of the National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan, the deputies of the RA NA Civil Contract Faction Hasmik Hako...  22.03.2024Arusyak Julhakyan and Sona Ghazaryan elected Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of PACE Subcommittees The member of the delegation of the National Assembly to PACE Sona Ghazaryan took part in the meeting of the PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media held in Paris. She was elected Deputy Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future.The MP will prepare a rep...  22.03.2024High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs presents work done by office in 2023 From June 1, 2023, the office opened the first Repatriation and Integration Center in Yerevan in cooperation with H. Hovnanyan Family Foundation. The center provides a wide range of individual services to repatriates, implementing measures aimed at the integration of repatriates. Presenting in detai...  21.03.2024RA NA Civil Contract Faction meets with Tigran Khachatryan On March 21, the RA NA Civil Contract Faction met with the RA Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan.The Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan and the Deputy Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs Anna Zhamakochyan and Davit Khachatryan, the Head of RA Migration an...  21.03.2024Committee debates report procedure and results of implementation procedure of 2023 of Government programme (2021-2026) Since 2023 programmes have been implemented, and one of them is the introduction of the physical persons’ unified declaration system, which will give an opportunity to more simplify their process through the introduction of the tools of paying the physical person’s income tax. The Minister of Financ...  21.03.2024Alen Simonyan awards NA Medal of Honour to MEPs in Belgium On March 20, the RA NA President Alen Simonyan awarded Medal of Honour of the National Assembly to the members of the European Parliament François-Xavier Bellamy and Viola von Cramon-Taubadel as a gratitude for their pro-Armenian activities within the framework of his visit to Belgium.The Slovak Mem...  21.03.2024Members of Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs meet with Ambassador of Canada to Armenia The relations of Armenia and Canada are based on such common values, as democracy, the rule of law and human rights: The Deputy Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan said during the meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipot...  21.03.2024Sargis Khandanyan: We anticipate continued and stronger engagement from the European Union in the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan The member of the delegation of the National Assembly to Euronest PA, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan gave a speech at the Plenary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.“Madam Chair, dear colleagues,Allow me to extend my congratulations to our Ukra...  21.03.2024Delegation led by RA NA President Alen Simonyan participates in 11th Plenary Session of Euronest PA The NA President Alen Simonyan gave a speech at the opening of the 11th Plenary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, being held on March 20-22 in the capital of Belgium, Brussels.In his speech, the Head of the Parliament touched upon the ethnic cleansing of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh,...  21.03.2024Parliamentary Briefings: Civil Contract Faction During the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, the Secretary of the NA Civil Contract Faction Artur Hovhannisyan and the Chair of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security Andranik Kocharyan answered the journalists’ questions....  21.03.2024Parliamentary Briefings: Armenia Faction The Head of Armenia Faction Seyran Ohanyan and the member of the Faction Lilit Galstyan attended the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings. They first gave an introductory speech and then answered the journalists’ questions....  21.03.2024Parliamentary Briefings: With Honor Faction The member of With Honor Faction Anna Mkrtchyan gave an introductory speech during the parliamentary briefings following the NA sittings, and then answered the questions of the media representatives....  21.03.2024Address by RA NA President Alen Simonyan at 11th Plenary Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Dear Co-Chairs and Members of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is an honor and a privilege for me to address this esteemed assembly.I would like to begin by commending the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly for the resolution it adopted in the previous session regarding human...  19.03.2024Issue regarding ratification of Agreement on status of EU mission in RA debated On March 19, the Parliament debated the draft law on Ratifying the Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union on the status of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA). It is aimed at establishing peace and ensuring stability in the region through the deployment of the EU C...  19.03.2024Parliament debates proposing amendments to law on Joint Stock Companies The next initiative debated in the first reading stems from the commitment of the Government to improve the business environment, to create good conditions for the development of innovative organizations and the involvement of investments. The RA Acting Deputy Minister of Economy Rafayel Gevorgyan s...  19.03.2024Tsovinar Vardanyan elected Chair of NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs At March 19 sitting, the parliament debated the issue of the election of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs of the National Assembly.The Civil Contract Faction nominated Tsovinar Vardanyan as a candidate in the post of the Committee Chair. The issue was deb...  19.03.2024Government of Germany to allocate preferential loan to Armenia Preferential loan worth of 12 million Euros will be allocated to Armenia by the Agreement. The money will be allocated to the private sector for making investments in some spheres of renewable energy. Loan can be allocated to the legal persons for building solar stations or to the physical persons f...  19.03.2024Legislative initiative aimed at relieving burden of Administrative Court The purpose of the adoption of the package of draft laws on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Code of Administrative Procedure and on Making Amendments and Addenda to the RA Code on Administrative Offenses is to relieve the burden of the Administrative Court, as well as to solve the problems i...  19.03.2024It is proposed to restore damage caused to state or community in criminal cases through payment to centralized account The damage caused to the state or the community by the criminal cases investigated by the competent bodies of the Republic of Armenia is restored through payment to the RA Investigative Committee, the former special investigative service, the Prosecutor’s Office deposit, the restoration of the damag...  19.03.2024Legislative reform is designed for raising institutional level of preservation and protection of monuments The adoption of the draft law is conditioned by the necessity to fill some gaps in the current law, to raise the institutional level of preservation and protection of the monuments, as well as to have legislative fixations in line with the international obligations assumed by Armenia in the field of...  19.03.2024NA debates Loan Agreement between Armenia and Asian Development Bank “The Loan Agreement Seismic Risk Improvement Program (additional financing) between the ...  19.03.2024A number of legislative initiatives debated in second reading at RA NA regular sitting In the regular sitting of March 19, the Parliament debated a number of legislative initiatives in the second reading.According to the draft law on Making Addenda to the Law on Audiovisual Media authored by the MPs Alen Simonyan and Artur Hovhannisyan, it is proposed to allow the broadcasting of film...  19.03.2024Regulations regarding itinerant trade will also apply in other communities of Armenia We adopted laws on this topic about a year ago and regulated itinerant trade in Yerevan. Back then, during the discussions with the National Assembly, we agreed and promised that, taking into consideration the experience of Yerevan, after drawing certain conclusions, we will also present amendments,...  19.03.2024Amendment being presented to the law on Audiovisual Media debated It is proposed by the initiative to give an opportunity to the public broadcaster to have one slot with nationwide cover without license and in the public multiplex. The deputy of the Civil Contract Faction Sisak Gabrielyan said, presenting the amendment to the law on Audiovisual Media According to ...  19.03.2024State duty to be imposed on some services in aviation sector Along with its regulatory and oversight functions, the Civil Aviation Committee is currently providing a number of services for which no state duty or fee is charged. The study of international experience has shown that similar services are provided on a paid basis in several countries of the world....  19.03.2024Work of NA regular sittings begins On March 19, the National Assembly began the work of the regular sittings. The NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan informed that the Central Electoral Commission presented the protocol N 20 on providing the mandate of the deputy, who was elected NA deputy and prematurely terminated it, to the next cand... |
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