Committee on Foreign Relations to act as co-rapporteur (video)
During the next four-day sitting of the Armenian National Assembly, the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations will act as co-rapporteur on the Treaty on Armenia’s Accession to the Eurasian Economic Union. Armenian lawmaker Alexander Arzumanyan said the Committee cannot act as co-rapporteur as they cannot demonstrate a general approach. The republican chairman of the Committee, Artak Zakaryan, said they were simply discussing the possibility so as not to be blamed for inaction in the future. Nikol Pashinyan, a lawmaker from the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), said they should conduct a full discussion, if the Committee decided to act as a co-rapporteur. Tevan Poghosyan from the Heritage faction thinks the Committee on Foreign Relations should discuss the EEU membership. While Pashinyan believes that the issue has nothing to do with foreign policy, hence, with the Committee since it is an economic issue. The issue was put to the vote. Nikol pashinyan, Alexander Arzumanyan and Vahan Babayan voted against the initiative while Artak Zakaryan, Artashes Geghamyan, Tevan Poghosyan, Shirak Torosyan and Mher Shageldyan voted for it.
