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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE RATIFICATION OF GAS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA
Interfax, Russia
Dec 23 2013
YEREVAN. Dec 23
The Armenian parliamentary opposition refuses to recognize the results
of the vote on the ratification of the intergovernmental agreements
with Russia on the purchase and sale of shares and further operation
of Armrosgazprom and on the price formation of natural gas supplied
to Armenia.
The opposition factions Armenian National Congress, Armenian
Revolutionary Federation, Heritage and Prosperous Armenia have
boycotted the vote held during an unscheduled meeting of the parliament
on Monday.
Only representatives of the ruling Armenian Republic Party which
holds a majority in parliament participated in the vote.
The vote has been disrupted because Head of the Heritage opposition
faction Zaruhi Postanjan took away special electronic cards for
voting from deputies, as a result of which the votes were counted by
representatives of the counting board.
"Four out of seven members of the counting board were not present at
the meeting and did not approve its results. This means that Armenia
has not ratified the gas agreement with Russia. The speaker of the
Armenian parliament does not have a single document proving that
the counting board approved the results of the vote," deputy of the
Armenian National Congress Nikol Pashinian said during a protest held
in front of the Armenian parliament building.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Armenian National Congress Levon
Zurabian said that non-coalition factions of the parliament intended
to go to the Armenian Constitutional Court demanding to find the
agreement ratification invalid.
The agreements between the Russian and Armenian governments on the
conditions of purchasing and sales of shares and further operations
of Armrosgazprom were signed in Yerevan on December 2.
According to the agreement, Russia's Gazprom (MOEX: GAZP), which owns
80% of Armrosgazprom shares, gets the remaining 20%.
Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural resources Armen Movsisian has
said that Gazprom would get the 20% stake belonging to the government
due to the debts for gas accumulated.
Protesters say that the agreement, according to which Armenia is
deprived of the right to import gas from other companies and to
exchange the supply conditions until 2043, challenges the independence
of Armenia.
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Interfax, Russia
Dec 23 2013
YEREVAN. Dec 23
The Armenian parliamentary opposition refuses to recognize the results
of the vote on the ratification of the intergovernmental agreements
with Russia on the purchase and sale of shares and further operation
of Armrosgazprom and on the price formation of natural gas supplied
to Armenia.
The opposition factions Armenian National Congress, Armenian
Revolutionary Federation, Heritage and Prosperous Armenia have
boycotted the vote held during an unscheduled meeting of the parliament
on Monday.
Only representatives of the ruling Armenian Republic Party which
holds a majority in parliament participated in the vote.
The vote has been disrupted because Head of the Heritage opposition
faction Zaruhi Postanjan took away special electronic cards for
voting from deputies, as a result of which the votes were counted by
representatives of the counting board.
"Four out of seven members of the counting board were not present at
the meeting and did not approve its results. This means that Armenia
has not ratified the gas agreement with Russia. The speaker of the
Armenian parliament does not have a single document proving that
the counting board approved the results of the vote," deputy of the
Armenian National Congress Nikol Pashinian said during a protest held
in front of the Armenian parliament building.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Armenian National Congress Levon
Zurabian said that non-coalition factions of the parliament intended
to go to the Armenian Constitutional Court demanding to find the
agreement ratification invalid.
The agreements between the Russian and Armenian governments on the
conditions of purchasing and sales of shares and further operations
of Armrosgazprom were signed in Yerevan on December 2.
According to the agreement, Russia's Gazprom (MOEX: GAZP), which owns
80% of Armrosgazprom shares, gets the remaining 20%.
Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural resources Armen Movsisian has
said that Gazprom would get the 20% stake belonging to the government
due to the debts for gas accumulated.
Protesters say that the agreement, according to which Armenia is
deprived of the right to import gas from other companies and to
exchange the supply conditions until 2043, challenges the independence
of Armenia.
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