SERIOUS WORK IS TO BE DONE ON REFORMATION OF THE POLITICAL FIELD, VICE-SPEAKER OF THE ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SAIDNovember 28, 2000 - 20:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 28.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. It's very important that the decision to increase the number of seats, elected by proportional system, passed last week by the National Assembly of Armenia, was a result of political agreement between the parties, said vice-speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Tigran Torosian in the interview to Mediamax.Mr. Torosian said that this gives grounds to hope that the political forces, represented in the parliament, will further display common approach to the key problems. At the same time serious work is to be done on reformation of the political field of the country, the vice-speaker said. In particular, the parliament must continue to discuss amendments to the Electoral Code, pass the law on political parties and discuss the package of constitutional amendments. -0- Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |