RA NA opens extraordinary debate on ARF package of bills

PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 6, ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group submitted a package of bills on introduction of amendments to the RA Law on International Treaties and the Law on the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly.

As a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from the parliament, the amendments imply the following: the parliament must possess the right to insert reservations during the process of ratification of international treaties, the right to withdraw from a treaty if it contradicts to the interests of the country, the right to initiate suspension or termination of an international treaty.

According to MP from ARF Dashnaktsutyun Artsvik Minasyan, the government and the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations issued a negative conclusion on the bill, asserting its non-conformity to the RA Constitution.

“We believe that the proposed bills will make the Armenian foreign policy more flexible. The position of country's leadership is dictated by short-term geopolitical interests, and we offer a clearer focus to agreements fateful for the country," he told reporters.