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MEETING OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRG BUNDESTAG WITH THE CHAIRMEN OF THE NA COMMITTEES
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01.10.2012
On October 1 the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign
Relations Artak Zakaryan and the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee
on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Gagik Minasyan met with the
Vice President of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany
(FRG) Wolfgang Thierse.
Welcoming the guests Gagik Minasyan noted that the Committee led by
him had long and effective history of cooperation with the German
side. The Committee Chairman said that in the parliament of the
previous convocation the Committee had implemented a programme with
the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), which was aimed at
assisting the strengthening of National Assembly's capabilities with
regards to the foundation of the programme budgeting. It was noted
that with this prgramme budgeting executive the discussions of the
report of the previous year's budget executive had been presented.
According to Gagik Minasyan, up to the end of the year a law is
envisaged to pass, under which, all the state budgets will be
presented with that system. He informed those present that a new
programme had been initiated, which had been endorsed by the German
BMZ organization. The Committee Chairman noted that in October the
Committee and the GTZ Yerevan Office would sign a joint memorandum,
which would be aimed at creating a budgetary office in the National
Assembly and carry out an oversight towards state budget executive and
involved credit means. Gagik Minasyan expressed hope that the programme
would be successfully implemented, and it would be a new stone on
the wall of a building, which is called Armenian-German friendship.
Thanking for reception the Vice President of the German Bundestag
Wolfgang Thierse, highlighted the effective implementation of the
joint programmes between the GTZ and the Armenian side.
At the guest's request Artak Zakaryan touched upon Armenia's
foreign policy and the regional problems. He noted that the agenda of
Armenia's foreign policy was almost unchanged. "And within the Eastern
Partnership and the New Neighbourhood programme we are concerned
about the European integration, particularly, in the issues of
the Association Agreement, deep and comprehensive free trade area,
readmission and visa facilitation," Artak Zakaryan said. According
to him, our international counterparts always highly assessed the
foreign policy being pursued by the RA President, and it is aimed at
the stability in the region and strengthening of peace. "It is not
a secret that today Armenia is the main guarantee of keeping peace
in the region full of our numerous problems with its balanced and
delicate multi-vector policy," the Committee Chairman said.
Touching upon the fact connected with transferring to Azerbaijan
by the Hungarian authorities Ramil Safarov, who killed with an axe
the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan and was sentenced to life
imprisonment by the Hungarian City Court and granted pardon by the
authorities of this country, the Committee Chairman noted that these
steps taken by the authorities of Hungary and Azerbaijan contradict
all international well-known norms and principles, as well as moral
standards, and strike a considerable blow to the efforts of the
establishment of peace, mutual trust in the region. Artak Zakaryan
reminded that the NA President Hovik Abrahamyan had applied with
an open letter to the Presidents of all parliaments, presenting the
approach of our parliament on the issue. In Artak Zakaryan's opinion,
it is important that the German Parliament also refers to this issue.
http://www.parliament.am/news.php?cat_id=2&NewsID=5383&year=2012&month=10&d ay=01&lang=eng
01.10.2012
On October 1 the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign
Relations Artak Zakaryan and the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee
on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Gagik Minasyan met with the
Vice President of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany
(FRG) Wolfgang Thierse.
Welcoming the guests Gagik Minasyan noted that the Committee led by
him had long and effective history of cooperation with the German
side. The Committee Chairman said that in the parliament of the
previous convocation the Committee had implemented a programme with
the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), which was aimed at
assisting the strengthening of National Assembly's capabilities with
regards to the foundation of the programme budgeting. It was noted
that with this prgramme budgeting executive the discussions of the
report of the previous year's budget executive had been presented.
According to Gagik Minasyan, up to the end of the year a law is
envisaged to pass, under which, all the state budgets will be
presented with that system. He informed those present that a new
programme had been initiated, which had been endorsed by the German
BMZ organization. The Committee Chairman noted that in October the
Committee and the GTZ Yerevan Office would sign a joint memorandum,
which would be aimed at creating a budgetary office in the National
Assembly and carry out an oversight towards state budget executive and
involved credit means. Gagik Minasyan expressed hope that the programme
would be successfully implemented, and it would be a new stone on
the wall of a building, which is called Armenian-German friendship.
Thanking for reception the Vice President of the German Bundestag
Wolfgang Thierse, highlighted the effective implementation of the
joint programmes between the GTZ and the Armenian side.
At the guest's request Artak Zakaryan touched upon Armenia's
foreign policy and the regional problems. He noted that the agenda of
Armenia's foreign policy was almost unchanged. "And within the Eastern
Partnership and the New Neighbourhood programme we are concerned
about the European integration, particularly, in the issues of
the Association Agreement, deep and comprehensive free trade area,
readmission and visa facilitation," Artak Zakaryan said. According
to him, our international counterparts always highly assessed the
foreign policy being pursued by the RA President, and it is aimed at
the stability in the region and strengthening of peace. "It is not
a secret that today Armenia is the main guarantee of keeping peace
in the region full of our numerous problems with its balanced and
delicate multi-vector policy," the Committee Chairman said.
Touching upon the fact connected with transferring to Azerbaijan
by the Hungarian authorities Ramil Safarov, who killed with an axe
the Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan and was sentenced to life
imprisonment by the Hungarian City Court and granted pardon by the
authorities of this country, the Committee Chairman noted that these
steps taken by the authorities of Hungary and Azerbaijan contradict
all international well-known norms and principles, as well as moral
standards, and strike a considerable blow to the efforts of the
establishment of peace, mutual trust in the region. Artak Zakaryan
reminded that the NA President Hovik Abrahamyan had applied with
an open letter to the Presidents of all parliaments, presenting the
approach of our parliament on the issue. In Artak Zakaryan's opinion,
it is important that the German Parliament also refers to this issue.