Mher Shahgeldyan: Civic Control over Security System EssentialFebruary 13, 2006 - 15:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian delegation led by head of the RA NA standing committee on defense, home affairs and security Mher Shahgeldyan took part in the conference of Baltic and South Caucasian states on cooperation and reform held in Tbilisi February 6-9. The participants focused on the problem of parliamentary control over the security systems. During today's briefing, the Armenian delegation head stated that this is an important direction which meets the tendencies of development of parliamentarism in Armenia after the adoption of the constitutional amendments. Shahgeldyan noted that the institute of civic control supposes several directions including the post of the Civic Minister of Defense and civic specialists as well as parliamentary control over the security system. When touching upon the regional cooperation Mher Shahgeldyan noted that Yerevan is positive about the possibility of transformation of the South Caucasian Parliamentary Initiative into the Parliamentary Assembly of the South Caucasus. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |