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MEETING IN THE COMMITTEE
National Assembly of RA
www.parliament.am
Nov 17 2011
Armenia
On November 17 Naira Zohrabyan, Chairperson of the NA Standing
Committee on European Integration, met Josephine Gold, South Caucasus
Affairs representative of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
Ms. Zohrabyan presented the process of the Armenia's European
Integration. The sides have talked about the problems, which today
impede the more efficient implementation of Armenia's European
Integration. The Committee Chairperson touched upon both economic and
political problems. Afterwards at the guests' request Ms. Zohrabyan
presented some issues concerning the upcoming parliamentary elections.
They referred also to the amended Electoral Code. The Committee
Chairperson again highlighted the active and unbiased presence of the
International Observation Missions in the upcoming parliamentary and
presidential elections.
Referring to Armenia-Great Britain political relations Ms. Zohrabyan
has noted that, unfortunately, in those relations the most serious
factor is the "British Petrolium" and has mentioned that she
understands that 50% of Azerbaijan's foreign investments belong
to Great Britain, however has expressed hope that Great Britain's
policy in the region will be balanced. Thereafter Ms. Zohrabyan
presented the relations between the parliamentary delegations of
Armenia and Great Britain in international organizations, noting that,
unfortunately, that cooperation is not effective, and has shown the
guest the article, which has lately been published in "The Guardian"
well known periodical and made a big fuss, how Mark Field, MP of
Great Britain, has carried out a distinct lobbying for great amount
of money in favour of Azerbaijan. Ms. Zohrabyan has mentioned that,
unfortunately, this is not a unique case, has indicated such cases
existing in the PACE, particularly, noting Mike Hancock, member of the
British delegation. The Committee Chairperson has stated that she can
declare with all responsibility that the mentioned MP is also being
directly financed by Azerbaijan, and carriesout Azerbaijan's obvious
campaign in the Council of Europe. Ms. Zohrabyan expressed hope that
the presidency and political forces of the British Parliament from
now on would be much more consistent for revealing such cases and
not allowing their repetition.
The sides also touched upon some regional problems.
National Assembly of RA
www.parliament.am
Nov 17 2011
Armenia
On November 17 Naira Zohrabyan, Chairperson of the NA Standing
Committee on European Integration, met Josephine Gold, South Caucasus
Affairs representative of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
Ms. Zohrabyan presented the process of the Armenia's European
Integration. The sides have talked about the problems, which today
impede the more efficient implementation of Armenia's European
Integration. The Committee Chairperson touched upon both economic and
political problems. Afterwards at the guests' request Ms. Zohrabyan
presented some issues concerning the upcoming parliamentary elections.
They referred also to the amended Electoral Code. The Committee
Chairperson again highlighted the active and unbiased presence of the
International Observation Missions in the upcoming parliamentary and
presidential elections.
Referring to Armenia-Great Britain political relations Ms. Zohrabyan
has noted that, unfortunately, in those relations the most serious
factor is the "British Petrolium" and has mentioned that she
understands that 50% of Azerbaijan's foreign investments belong
to Great Britain, however has expressed hope that Great Britain's
policy in the region will be balanced. Thereafter Ms. Zohrabyan
presented the relations between the parliamentary delegations of
Armenia and Great Britain in international organizations, noting that,
unfortunately, that cooperation is not effective, and has shown the
guest the article, which has lately been published in "The Guardian"
well known periodical and made a big fuss, how Mark Field, MP of
Great Britain, has carried out a distinct lobbying for great amount
of money in favour of Azerbaijan. Ms. Zohrabyan has mentioned that,
unfortunately, this is not a unique case, has indicated such cases
existing in the PACE, particularly, noting Mike Hancock, member of the
British delegation. The Committee Chairperson has stated that she can
declare with all responsibility that the mentioned MP is also being
directly financed by Azerbaijan, and carriesout Azerbaijan's obvious
campaign in the Council of Europe. Ms. Zohrabyan expressed hope that
the presidency and political forces of the British Parliament from
now on would be much more consistent for revealing such cases and
not allowing their repetition.
The sides also touched upon some regional problems.