Identifier
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05YEREVAN244
2005-02-10 12:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Yerevan
Cable title:
ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY ABSENTEEISM STALLS ARTICLE
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UNCLAS YEREVAN 000244
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR T AND EUR/CACEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM AM
SUBJECT: ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY ABSENTEEISM STALLS ARTICLE
98 RATIFICATION
UNCLAS YEREVAN 000244
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR T AND EUR/CACEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM AM
SUBJECT: ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY ABSENTEEISM STALLS ARTICLE
98 RATIFICATION
1. Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Treat Accordingly.
2. (SBU) Despite GOAM assurances that ratification by the
National Assembly was "locked in," the Armenian parliament
failed on February 9 to ratify its bilateral Article 98
agreement with the USG. Member absenteeism and the
opposition boycott prevented ratification. With 26
opposition MPs continuing their boycott and Parliament
Speaker Baghdasarian abroad with a sizeable delegation, the
parliament could not assemble 66 members for the
fifty-percent quorum requirement. The measure will be taken
up again at the next parliamentary session, scheduled for
February 28.
GODFREY
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR T AND EUR/CACEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM AM
SUBJECT: ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY ABSENTEEISM STALLS ARTICLE
98 RATIFICATION
1. Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Treat Accordingly.
2. (SBU) Despite GOAM assurances that ratification by the
National Assembly was "locked in," the Armenian parliament
failed on February 9 to ratify its bilateral Article 98
agreement with the USG. Member absenteeism and the
opposition boycott prevented ratification. With 26
opposition MPs continuing their boycott and Parliament
Speaker Baghdasarian abroad with a sizeable delegation, the
parliament could not assemble 66 members for the
fifty-percent quorum requirement. The measure will be taken
up again at the next parliamentary session, scheduled for
February 28.
GODFREY