Armenia NA approves govt. program despite objection from oppositionJune 22, 2017 - 12:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Assembly on Thursday, June 22 approved the government program of Armenia's sustainable development for 2017-2022, despite resistance from opposition groups. With a vote of 64:31, no abstentions, the Republican Party (RPA) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) voted in favor of the measure. The two opposition blocs represented in the parliament - Yelk and Tsarukyan - voted against the program. The government on Monday approved its own program, which consists of four sections: public administration and legal system, foreign and defense policy, economic progress, and social sector. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. |