Parliament approves five-year government program for ArmeniaAugust 26, 2021 - 13:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian parliament on Thursday, August 26, approved the government's 2021-2026 action plan, with only the ruling Civil Contract party casting ballots. President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan announced the results and said the parliament will convene again on September 13. The opposition "I Have Honor" and Armenia blocs did not cast ballots. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan earlier introduced the government program in parliament, and Q&A sessions afterwards sparked brawls and insults for two days in a row. One lawmaker received an injury on Thursday and was hospitalized, other lawmakers traded insults and threw bottles at each other, while security guards also hampered the activity of journalists working in the parliament at that time. The Armenian government unveiled its five-year program a week earlier, with Pashinyan vowing reforms in the social, economic, educational and security fields. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |