The European Union-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee adopted a final statement on Armenia’s domestic political life during a session on October 24, MP Armen Ashotyan, head of the Armenian delegation to the Committee, told reporters in the Parliament.
On October 31, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the ceasefire regime on the border of Artsakh and Azerbaijan, on the Akna-Hindarkh road section.
The bill on declaring criminal amnesty doesn’t seek a goal of reducing the workload of correctional facilities, it is an entirely humanitarian act, acting justice minister Artak Zeynalyan said during parliamentary debates of the bill.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received on October 30 co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Stéphane Visconti of France and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, personal representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office Andrzej Kasprzyk and officials accompanying them.
US President Donald Trump told Axios he is planning to terminate birthright citizenship, potentially setting up another constitutional standoff, CNBC reports.
The meeting of Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko was held in Minsk on October 30.
The Armenian government has displayed flexibility and pragmatism in cooperating with the European Union, EU Ambassador to Armenia Piotr Switalski told reporters today, mentioning that he is pleased with the cooperation.
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan on October 30 attended an event dedicated to the Day of the Worker of the State Service on Emergency Situations.
The European Union will continue supporting Armenia’s agriculture sector progress. At the moment discussions are underway with the Armenian government over a program on making investments in the field of organic agriculture in the northern provinces, EU Ambassador to Armenia Piotr Świtalski told reporters in Vayots Dzor province.
The Republican Party of Armenia faction of the Parliament remains committed to its previously announced position and will not nominate a candidate for Prime Minister for the second round of election.
