Armenia’s Parliament to debate over Karabakh's recognition

Armenia’s Parliament has included on its agenda of the following in October four-day session the bill on recognition of the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, which was introduced into the Parliament by Heritage Party on September 1. This announcement was made by Speaker Hovik Abrahamian at the first autumn session on Tuesday. 

Mr. Abrahamian said that the bill will be considered and discussed out of turn.

The bill proposing to recognize independence of Nagorno Karabakh was introduced by lawmakers of the Heritage Party of Armenia back in October 15, 2009; however, it wasn’t approved by Permanent Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Affairs. The bill’s supporters used the right imposed by regulations of the National Assembly and recognized the bill as of out of turn.

In line with the regulation of the National Assembly, the bill without voting was put on agenda of the session scheduled for October 5.