“International agreements will be ratified or cancelled not by the decision of the Parliament, but by respective law”

The Parliament will ratify or cancel the international agreements by law rather than by the decision of the Parliament. The Parliament discusses the draft law on making changes in the Law on “International agreements”. Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan said the changes are connected with the provision of 2015 Constitution according to which the Parliament ratifies or cancels the international agreements by law.

“The provisions in the draft presented by the Government are regulated which will enable the Parliament to ratify or cancel the international agreements by respective law rather than by the decision of the Parliament. The respective legislative initiative’s right belongs to Government. The Government will present the legislative initiative, and the Government representative will present the respective agreement to MPs,” Shavarsh Kocharyan said.

He added that the presented draft law also solved another issue. The Deputy FM informed that currently more than 30 international agreements are included in the Parliament’s agenda. “As according to the Constitution and the Parliament’s rule of procedure those agreements must be ratified by law, the government must submit drafts of respective decisions to the Parliament within a month,” the Deputy FM said.