No anti-Armenian sentiments in changing venue of CSTO PA meeting, FM says
18.10.2018,
15:26
Armenia’s acting Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan urged journalists on Thursday not to look for anti-Armenian sentiments in the decision of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to change the venue of a meeting of its Parliamentary Assembly (PA) that was slated for October 29-30 in Yerevan.
YEREVAN, October 18 /ARKA/. Armenia’s acting Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan urged journalists on Thursday not to look for anti-Armenian sentiments in the decision of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to change the venue of a meeting of its Parliamentary Assembly (PA) that was slated for October 29-30 in Yerevan. The gathering will be held instead in Russia’s capital Moscow.
The decision was prompted by the widely anticipated dissolution of the Armenian parliament, although the deputies will continue to perform their duties until a new parliament is elected. The next plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of CSTO will be held in Yerevan.
“We need to treat this issue pragmatically, whether the meeting takes place in Armenia or elsewhere. I don’t see any problem. We are ready to participate in the meeting and there’s no need to look for anything contradictory in this decision. This is a very pragmatic approach,” Mnatsakanyan said.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned October 16 to clear way for the dissolution of the parliament and holding early parliamentary elections in December. On the same day, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian accepted the resignation of the government.
Until the election of new parliament, members of the government will continue to fulfill their duties, and Pashinyan will continue to fulfill the constitutional powers vested in the prime minister. - 0—
The decision was prompted by the widely anticipated dissolution of the Armenian parliament, although the deputies will continue to perform their duties until a new parliament is elected. The next plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of CSTO will be held in Yerevan.
“We need to treat this issue pragmatically, whether the meeting takes place in Armenia or elsewhere. I don’t see any problem. We are ready to participate in the meeting and there’s no need to look for anything contradictory in this decision. This is a very pragmatic approach,” Mnatsakanyan said.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigned October 16 to clear way for the dissolution of the parliament and holding early parliamentary elections in December. On the same day, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian accepted the resignation of the government.
Until the election of new parliament, members of the government will continue to fulfill their duties, and Pashinyan will continue to fulfill the constitutional powers vested in the prime minister. - 0—
