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Armenian parliament speaker: opposition alliances Hayastan and Pativ Unem have no future
Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said today that the return of two opposition alliances to parliament after months-long boycott was positive, but added that one should not have any expectations from it. YEREVAN, November 15. /ARKA/. Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said today that the return ...
11/15/2022Deputy parliament speaker claims opposition parties are against snap polls
Armenian opposition parties, both those which are in parliament and those outside it are in fact against holding snap parliamentary elections, Deputy Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan from the ruling My Step majority, told reporters today. YEREVAN, March 17. /ARKA/. Armenian opposition parties, both those which are in parliament and those outside it are in fact against holding snap parliamentary elections, Deputy Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan from the ruling My Step majority, told reporters today. "In fact, despite ...
03/17/2021Alen Simonyan says why Azerbaijani parliament speaker cancelled planned meeting in Geneva
In an interview with Radio Azatutyun (RFE/RL's Armenian-language service), Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said that he knows why Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova cancelled at the last moment a previously scheduled meeting with him, which was to be held in Geneva on October 15. YEREVAN, 20 October. /ARKA/. In an interview with Radio ...
10/20/2024Alen Simonyan stripped of Council of Elders mandate
Acting on a formal request by Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has stripped Alen Simonyan of a mandate of a member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan (the capital city’s legislative assembly), CEC press secretary Hermine Harutyunyan told ARKA. YEREVAN, May 24. /ARKA/. Acting on a formal request by Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan ...
05/24/2018Simonyan: Russia should be more restrained and admit that it cannot ensure Armenia's security
The Chairman of Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan called on Moscow today to be more restrained and admit that it is unable to ensure Armenia's security as stipulated by Russian-Armenian treaties and the CSTO treaty. YEREVAN, February 28. /ARKA/. The Chairman of Armenian Parliament Alen ...
02/28/2023Armenian parliament speaker reiterates call on Azerbaijan to start immediate peace treaty talks
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan warned today that Azerbaijan's actions in Nagorno-Karabakh may lead to a new escalation in the region. YEREVAN, March 29. /ARKA/. Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan warned today that Azerbaijan's actions in Nagorno-Karabakh may lead ...
03/29/2022Deputy parliament speaker sure that ruling majority will win snap polls
... Deputy Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan from the ruling My Step bloc told reporters on Friday. YEREVAN, March 19. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will remain in power until early parliamentary elections are held, Deputy Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan from the ruling My Step bloc told reporters on Friday. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said March 18 that early general elections will be held in the country on June 20. Pashinyan has been facing opposition demands to resign since he signed a peace deal in November with Azerbaijani and Russian leaders to end the 44-day war ...
03/19/2021Parliament speaker: Armenia never declared its withdrawal from CSTO, but is concerned about its pullout from the region
Armenia has never declared it is going to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said today during a meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly. YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. Armenia has never declared it is going to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen ...
12/05/2022About 60% of Armenia's residents believe that parliament speaker Alen Simonyan should resign - poll
... GALLUP International Association believe that Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan should resign after a scandal he caused by spitting at an opposition activist who called him “traitor. YEREVAN, May 17. /ARKA/. Some 60% of respondents polled by the Armenian office of GALLUP International Association believe that Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan should resign after a scandal he caused by spitting at an opposition activist who called him “traitor. Some 43.5% of respondents believe that Simonyan should unequivocally resign, 15% said he should rather do so, while 13.8% of the respondents said he "rather" should not resign, while 17.2% were ...
05/17/2023Favorable conditions created for marketing development in Armenia
This interview is with Tatevik Simonyan, director of international projects, co-founder of SPRIN PR Company, who shares her vision about marketing development prospects in Armenia. As the main information sponsor of "Phillip Kotler in Armenia: 11/11/11" program, ARKA news agency is conducting a series of interviews as part of this project in cooperation with the Armenian Association of Marketing and SPIN Group ...
11/10/2011Armenia's ruling party decides against asking Constitutional Court to deprive opposition of their parliamentary mandates
... their mandates, Ruben Rubinyan, deputy speaker of the parliament, told reporters on Thursday. YEREVAN, July 14. /ARKA/. Armenia's ruling Civic Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that controls the majority of seats in the parliament will not ask the Constitutional Court to deprive tens of opposition MPs of their mandates, Ruben Rubinyan, deputy speaker of the parliament, told reporters on Thursday. Earlier Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan had initiated the process of depriving 33 MPs from Hayastan and Pativ Unem factions of their mandates on the grounds ...
07/14/2022Alen Simonyan rules out ruling party's participation in next Armenian elections as part of a bloc
The Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan has ruled out the participation of the ruling Civil Contract party in the next elections as part of a bloc. The next parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held in the summer of 2026. YEREVAN, May 8. /ARКА/. The Chairman of the National ...
05/08/2025Any U.S. aid is existentially important for Armenian statehood - National Assembly Speaker
Any U.S. aid is existentially important for Armenian statehood, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said at a joint press conference with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Yerevan today. YEREVAN, September 18. /ARKA/. Any U.S. aid is existentially important for Armenian statehood, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said at ...
09/18/2022Armenian parliament convenes for emergency session to push through a set of judicial reforms
... (Nagorno-Karabakh), or how to step up the capabilities of our armed forces, to improve the country's security and so on. I am a supporter of judicial reforms, but I do not understand the need to promptly discuss these changes in an extraordinary manner,” Taron Simonyan, an MP from the opposition Bright Armenia said. Minister Badasyan retorted by saying that judicial reforms have been discussed for 1.5 years, including the issue of cutting the workload of judges. However, the opposition was not satisfied with the explanations. Simonyan said that these ...
02/03/2021Alen Simonyan elected speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly
... elections on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party’s ticket was elected today as Speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly. The head of the Counting Commission Narek Babayan said 71 MPs took part in the voting, who unanimously endorsed Simonyan’s candidacy Earlier on Monday, the opposition Hayastan (Armenia) and Pativ Unem (I Have Honor) alliances walked out of the session room boycotting debates on the candidacy of the speaker nominated by the majority. Opposition MPs previously nominated the arrested mayors of Meghri and Sisian Mkhitar Zakaryan ...
08/02/2021Alen Simonyan on unblocking roads: Armenia is an independent sovereign state with its own laws
The Republic of Armenia is an independent sovereign state with its own laws, the speaker of the parliament, Alen Simonyan, said on Tuesday when asked whether the Russian side would control the road linking Azerbaijan with its exclave Nakhichevan (through the southern Armenian region of Syunik). YEREVAN, June 13. /ARKA/. The Republic of Armenia is an independent ...
06/13/2023Armenia has no territorial claims against any of its neighbors - NA Speaker
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan has rejected accusations that Armenia has territorial claims against its neighbors. YEREVAN, March 13. /ARKA/. Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan has rejected accusations that Armenia has territorial claims against its neighbors. ‘Some ...
03/13/2023Armenian parliament speaker says Azerbaijan uses social networks to seize Armenian territories
Azerbaijan used various media and social networks to gradually seize Armenian territories, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said. YEREVAN, April 23. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan used various media and social networks to gradually seize Armenian territories, ArmeniN Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said. Speaking at the conference of Presidents of Parliaments of EU member ...
04/23/2024Armenia has no territorial claims against neighboring countries – parliament speaker
Armenia has no territorial claims against its neighbors and is determined to continue doing its best for bringing security and peace in the region, said National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan during an official visit to Poland. YEREVAN, July 4. /ARKA/. Armenia has no territorial claims against its neighbors and is determined to continue doing its best for bringing security and peace in the region, said National Assembly Speaker ...
07/04/2023Simonyan: Armenia sincere in its desire to normalize relations with Turkey
Armenia is sincere in its desire to normalize relations with Turkey, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said at a meeting with journalists in Turkey on Friday. YEREVAN, May 5. /ARKA/. Armenia is sincere in its desire to normalize relations with Turkey, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said at a meeting with journalists in Turkey ...
05/05/2023No decision on withdrawal from CSTO, no discussions on NATO – parliament speaker says
There is no decision on Armenia's withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said today. YEREVAN, February 29. /ARKA/. There is no decision on Armenia's withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said today. "We are not discussing a change of ...
02/29/2024Iran has been and remains a special partner for Armenia – parliament speaker
At a meeting with the new Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani, the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan noted that Iran has been and remains a special partner for Armenia, which with its balanced policy contributes to the establishment of peace and strengthening of stability across the region. YEREVAN, August 15. /ARKA/. At a meeting with ...
08/15/2023Yerevan asked EU for technical assistance, but never received it: Simonyan tells Polish President
Armenia had asked the EU for technical assistance through the European Peace Facility (EPF), but has never received it, Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan said on Tuesday. YEREVAN, July 4. /ARKA/. Armenia had asked the EU for technical assistance through the European Peace Facility (EPF), but has never received it, Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan said on Tuesday. "The European ...
07/04/2023Simonyan to Kvien: U.S. can play decisive role in implementation of UN court decision to unblock Lachin corridor
The U.S. can play a decisive role in the implementation of the UN International Court of Justice's decision that obliges Azerbaijan to unblock the Lachin corridor, which is the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, the Chairman of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan told the newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Kristina Kvien today. YEREVAN, February 27. /ARKA/. The U.S. can play a decisive role in the implementation of the UN International Court of Justice's decision that obliges Azerbaijan to unblock ...
02/27/2023Armenia wrestler Sergey Simonyan wins bronze at junior world championship
Sergey Simonyan, an Armenian wrestler, has picked up bronze at the Junior World Championship in Macon, France, the press office of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia reported on Wednesday. YEREVAN, August 31. /ARKA/. Sergey Simonyan, an Armenian wrestler, has ...
08/31/2016Opposition MPs will not be stripped of their mandates
... Armenian Parliament’s Council will not ask the country’s Constitutional Court to strip some opposition MPs of their mandates, although they exceeded the permissible number of absences from National Assembly sittings, National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said today, stressing also that after boycotting the sessions, opposition MPs decided eventually to return to the parliament. YEREVAN, January 23. /ARKA/. The Armenian Parliament’s Council will not ask the country’s Constitutional Court to strip some opposition MPs of their mandates, although they exceeded the permissible number of absences from National Assembly sittings, National Assembly Speaker Alen ...
01/23/2023Armenian NA Speaker explains why it is better to start delimitation of Armenian-Azerbaijani border from Tavush
..., in Tavush region, which could be a subject of discussions on their possible surrender to Azerbaijan,’ Alen Simonyan said. "I am looking for and not finding those who believe and can prove that these villages are a territory of a Republic of Armenia," Simonyan told reporters. He described opposition’s claims that these villages belong to Armenia another manipulation, generating certain processes around the issue. "Not a single centimeter of the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia is subject to bargaining. We don't even ...
03/27/2024Parliament speaker: Armenia expects Azerbaijan to publicly announce the exact areas of both states
Armenia expects Azerbaijan to make a public statement on recognition of the exact areas of the two states, which has already been done by the Armenian side, Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan told reporters on Friday. YEREVAN, October 27, /ARKA/. Armenia expects Azerbaijan to make a public statement on recognition of the exact areas of the two states, which has already been done by the Armenian side, Parliament Speaker Alen ...
10/27/2023Armenian opposition to give up all posts in parliament
The Armenian opposition will give up all administrative positions it holds in the National Assembly, Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a member of the Hayastan ... ... today as chairman of the National Assembly's standing committee on regional and Eurasian integration. Parliament speaker Alain Simonyan said the previous day that if the opposition put forward new candidates for the vacant seats, they could be elected. ...
07/01/2022Armenian parliament speaker: it is important that a right guarantor of peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan chosen
Armenia's National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan said today it is important that a right guarantor of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan be chosen. YEREVAN, June 1. /ARKA/. Armenia's National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan said today it is important that a right guarantor of ...
06/01/2023Armenia committed to establishing lasting peace in South Caucasus and expects Azerbaijan to take practical steps in this direction – Armenian parliament speaker
Armenia is committed to establishing lasting peace in the region of the South Caucasus and expects Azerbaijan to take practical steps in this direction, Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan said at a meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of CIS member states in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. YEREVAN, October 28. /ARKA/. Armenia is committed to establishing lasting peace in the region of the South Caucasus and expects Azerbaijan ...
10/28/2022Armenia's European orientation linked to democratic reforms - Alen Simonyan
Armenia's European orientation is the result of natural selection and follows from the agenda of democratic reforms in our state, said Armenian NA Speaker Alen Simonyan at the opening of the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights meeting in Yerevan. YEREVAN, December 9. /ARKA/. Armenia's European orientation is the result of natural selection and follows from the agenda of democratic reforms in ...
12/09/2024Armenian authorities not going to even discuss surrender of any territories – parliament speaker
Armenian authorities are not going to even discuss the surrender of any territories (to Azerbaijan), Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said in an interview with the Public Television of Armenia, commenting on the situation with villages in Tavush region of the country. YEREVAN, March 29. /ARKA/. Armenian authorities are not going to even discuss the surrender of any territories ...
03/29/2024Armenia-Georgia trade turnover and economic ties are on the rise - Alen Simonyan
Armenian-Georgian trade turnover and economic ties are on the rise, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said Thursday at a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili in Armenia’s resort town of Dilijan. YEREVAN, December 22. /ARKA/. Armenian-Georgian trade turnover and economic ties are on the rise, Armenian National Assembly ...
12/22/2023Parliament speaker presents Armenia's vision on establishment of peace in South Caucasus to OSCE PA president
National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan spoke today about Armenia's vision of establishing peace and ensuring development in the South Caucasus region during a meeting with visiting OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Pia Kauma. YEREVAN, November 17. /ARKA/. National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan spoke ...
11/17/2023Armenian parliament speaker says he hopes his visit to Ankara would help both countries move towards normalization
Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan held a closed-door 20-minute meeting with Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop on the sidelines of the 61st General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Ankara, the press service of the ...
05/05/2023Armenian National Assembly Speaker emphasizes UK's role in institutional development and return of POWs from Azerbaijan
Within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the delegation of the Armenian Parliament headed by Speaker Alen Simonyan met with the British delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union headed by Karen Bradley. YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. Within the framework of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the delegation of the Armenian Parliament headed ...
03/25/2024Andranik Simonyan appointed director of the National Security Service of Armenia
Andranik Simonyan has been appointed director of the National Security Service of Armenia. YEREVAN, June 28. /ARKA/. Andranik Simonyan has been appointed director of the National Security Service of Armenia. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed the corresponding decision on Saturday, by another decision dismissing Simonyan ...
06/29/2025Unblocking communications will restore region's role: Armenian speaker on talks with Azerbaijan
Armenia is actively engaged in negotiations with Azerbaijan to unblock transport infrastructures. YEREVAN, December 11. /ARKA/.... ... with Azerbaijan to unblock transport infrastructures. This was stated by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Alen Simonyan, during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 64th plenary session of the PABSEC (Parliamentary Assembly of the Black ...
12/11/2024Armenia highly appreciates Georgia's interest in ensuring peace and stability in the region – Simonyan
Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan and Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili discussed regional security issues during their meeting in Tbilisi on Thursday. YEREVAN, November 17. /ARKA/. Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan and Georgian Parliament Speaker ...
11/17/2022Russian border guards to be withdrawn from Yerevan's Zvartnots airport from August 1 - Simonyan
The issue of withdrawal of Russian border guards from Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport has been finally resolved for the Armenian side, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said on Wednesday. YEREVAN, March 27. /ARKA/. The issue of withdrawal of Russian border guards from Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport has been finally resolved for the Armenian side, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan said ...
03/27/2024Simonyan says Azerbaijan is creating artificial difficulties in signing peace treaty
Armenian National Assembly Chairman Alen Simonyan accused today Azerbaijan of trying to artificially complicate the conclusion of the peace treaty between Yerevan and Baku. YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. Armenian National Assembly Chairman Alen Simonyan accused today Azerbaijan of trying to ...
12/07/2023Alen Simonyan: Armenians and Azerbaijanis will trade with each other
Armenians and Azerbaijanis will trade with each other, and we will create a common market for Armenian-Azerbaijani goods, said Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan. YEREVAN, September 11. /ARKA/. Armenians and Azerbaijanis will trade with each other, and we will create a common market for Armenian-Azerbaijani goods, said Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan. "Azerbaijani goods will ...
09/11/2025Armenia's ruling party will eventually ask Constitutional Court to deprive opposition of their parliamentary mandates
Armenia's ruling Civic Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that controls ... ... in the parliament will, nonetheless, ask the Constitutional Court to deprive tens of opposition MPs of their mandates, according to a statement placed on the parliament's... ... Hayastan and Pativ Unem factions of their seats belongs to Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan on the grounds of their absence from more than half of the sittings of the...
07/22/2022Yerevan Vice-Mayor Gevorg Simonyan arrested for two months
A court in Yerevan allowed last Saturday Armenian law-enforcers to arrest Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Gevorg Simonyan for two months, Armenpress reported citing the Anti-Corruption Committee. YEREVAN, 13. /ARKA/. A court in Yerevan allowed last Saturday Armenian law-enforcers to arrest Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Gevorg Simonyan for two months, Armenpress reported ...
03/13/2023Governor’s advisor killed by wife
Manuk Simonyan, an advisor to the governor of the Armenian province of Armavir, was killed by his wife, law-enforcement authorities said today. YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/. Manuk Simonyan, an advisor to the governor of the Armenian province of Armavir, was killed by his wife, law-enforcement authorities ...
07/28/2017Armenia not going to hold back when it comes to ensuring its security - parliament speaker
Armenian authorities are not going to hold back when it comes to ensuring the country's security although it may cause the discontent of some countries, Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan said on Friday. YEREVAN, October 1, /ARKA/. Armenian authorities are not going to hold back when it comes to ensuring the country's security although it may cause the discontent of some countries, Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan ...
10/01/2022Armen Gevorkyan resigns as chairman of Armenian parliamentary committee on regional and Eurasian integration
... website, the protocol was signed on the basis of Gevorkyan’s resignation letter. To recall, Simonyan intends to deprive tens of opposition lawmakers from Hayastan and Pativ Unem alliances of their seats because of missing more than half of sessions. Simonyan's draft decision on appealing to the Constitutional Court with a request to terminate the mandates of 33 parliamentarians was published on the website of the National Assembly. The discussion of this decision in the Armenian parliament will be held on July 14 and will concern the following MPs: Ishkhan Saghatelyan, Anna Grigoryan, Vahe Hakobyan,...
07/13/2022Simonyan tells Volodin that CSTO failed to respond promptly and effectively to aggression against Armenia
Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan told the Chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower chamber of parliament) Vyacheslav Volodin that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) failed to respond promptly and effectively to aggression against Armenia, which is one of its ...
10/10/2022Armenian opposition to challenge parliament speaker’s election at Constitutional Court
... results of the election held during the first session of the new parliament on August 2. YEREVAN, August 3. /ARKA/. Armenian opposition alliances Hayastan (Armenia) and Pativ Unem (I Have Honor), which boycotted yesterday’s election of speaker of the National Assembly, said they ... ... results of the election held during the first session of the new parliament on August 2. The National Assembly elected Alen Simonyan from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyna’s Civil Contract as speaker. The opposition alliances nominated two Hayastan members ...
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