ARFD rep. say Hai Dat remains committed to Genocide recognition

PanARMENIAN.Net - Parliamentary diplomacy has become much active over the past 10 years worldwide, member of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau, head of Dashnaktsutyun’s parliamentary group in the Armenian National Assembly Vahan Hovhannisyan said.

Speaking at the opening of Dashnaktsutyun’s Hai Dat Committee 4th forum in Yerevan, Hovhannisyan stated that this is first of all caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and increased number of parliaments.

Secondly, democratic processes result in increased role of parliaments, and MPs begin to have more influence on policy-making.

Hovhannisyan mentioned that despite short history of parliamentary diplomacy, Armenian delegations are already represented in Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe, OSCE, NATO, Euronest, CIS, etc.

Dashnaktsutyun member stated with regret that most Armenian delegations are absolutely incompetent in diplomacy, due to which Armenian policy is very often damaged by blunders of both the Foreign Ministry and parliamentary delegations.

“Despite this, Hai Dat office will further continue its activity in the key aspect of foreign policy, namely the struggle for international recognition of Armenian Genocide,” Hovhannisyan said.