Foreign Affairs

Rustamyan: The Amended CSTO Increases Security

October 24, 2011
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Armenia’s National Assembly (Parliament) debated on the ratification of the protocol concerning the amendments of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). During the discussions ARF-D Member of Parliament, Armen Rustamyan underlined that this protocol increases security measures. He said that the main opposition to the protocol argues that in case Armenia is attacked only...
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Armen Rustamyan: Palestine’s precedent gives the Mountainous Karabakh representatives the right to be represented in Council of Europe

October 5, 2011
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Interview with Armen Rustamyan, a member of the Armenian Delegation to PACE, Head of the Armenian Parliament Foreign Relations Commission, parliamentarian from ARF-Dashnaktsutyun by Oksana Musaelyan ArmInfo The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has voted to grant “Partner for democracy” status to the Palestinian National Council (PNC). The Armenian Delegation takes...
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Karabakh ARF Urges Mediators to Not Endanger Peace

June 22, 2011
Karabakh ARF Urges Mediators to Not Endanger Peace

STEPANAKERT — The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun Artsakh Central Committee, on the eve of the June 24 meeting in Kazan between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan mediated by Russia to discuss the Karabakh-Azerbaijan conflict, issued the following announcement on Wednesday: The ARF Artsakh Central Committee: Commending the efforts of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs...
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Opposition Parties Warn of Secret Deals Between Sargsyan, Ter-Petrosyan

June 6, 2011
Opposition Parties Warn of Secret Deals Between Sargsyan, Ter-Petrosyan

The two major parliamentary opposition parties critical of the non-parliamentary Armenian National Congress (HAK) have suggested that there are ulterior motives behind its decision to embark on a dialogue with President Serzh Sargsyan’s government. While saying they welcome the emerging dialogue between the HAK and the authorities, they express doubts that it will eventually...
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“Deauville Statement Not Beneficial for Armenia”

June 6, 2011
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YEREVAN —The joint statement on the Mountainous-Karabakh conflict issued by presidents Obama, Sarkozy and Medvedev in Deauville, France last month is not in beneficial for Armenia, said Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction chairman Vahan Hovhannesyan at a press briefing Monday. He added that it was impossible to make prediction on the outcome of scheduled...
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Advancing Democracy in the Countries of the CIS

May 3, 2011
Advancing Democracy in the Countries of the CIS

The Socialist International Committee for the CIS, the Caucasus and the Black Sea convened in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 2-3 May 2011, at the first ever meeting of the Committee to be held in Central Asia. Discussions centred upon democracy in the region, with the Committee also comprehensively expressing its full support for the Nationwide...
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ARF-D Meetings in Ramallah and Tel Aviv With SI Member Parties

April 28, 2011
ARF-D Meetings in Ramallah and Tel Aviv With SI Member Parties

On April 22, 2011, an ARF delegation headed by Hagop Der Khatchadourian, ARF Bureau member and chairman of the Armenian Cause Central Council, met with a Fatah party delegation headed by Dr. Nabeel A. Shaath, a member of the Central Committee of Fatah and its Commissioner of International Relations, and a member of the...
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Presentation of the Book “Armenian-Turkish Relations: Problems and Perspectives” in the National Assembly

April 22, 2011
Presentation of the Book “Armenian-Turkish Relations: Problems and Perspectives” in the National Assembly

The presentation of the book “Armenian-Turkish Relations: Problems and Perspectives” was held in the National Assembly. Armen Rustamyan, Chairman of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia and Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, had an opening speech saying that the collection is the summing up of the stenography of the parliamentary...
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The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia

April 13, 2011
The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 2011 ORDINARY SESSION (Second part) REPORT Fourteenth sitting Wednesday 13 April 2011 at 10 a.m. The honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia Verbatim record of the speech delivered by Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN (Armenia, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly of Armenian and...
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Statement of the SI Presidium in Athens

March 19, 2011
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Socialist International Presidium meeting Athens, Greece, 19 March 2011 The Presidium of the Socialist International is today gathered in Athens, in the foothills of the Acropolis, at a crucial moment for democrats and the Arab world, where citizens have been mobilising for democracy, rights and freedoms. From Greece, the cradle of democracy and the...
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