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OPPOSITION MP: 'POINTLESS FUNDS' BEING USED TO OPEN ARMENIAN EMBASSIES ABROAD
http://www.epress.am/en/2013/10/31/why-is-armenia%E2%80%99s-foreign-minister-avoiding-coming-to-parliament.html
31.10 22:23 epress.am
During the discussion in parliament today on the amount from the 2014
state budget to be allocated to the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Armenian National Congress (HAK) MP Levon Zurabyan raised a question on
the inefficiency of Armenia's foreign policies. In particular, he said,
"pointless funds" are being used to open Armenian embassies abroad.
Among these "pointless" expenses, he named the appointment of an
ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Vatican City, who happens
to be Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law, Mikael Minasyan
[pictured, far left].
Among other failures, the opposition MP highlighted the failed
Armenia-Turkey Protocols and preparations related to signing the
Association Agreement with the European Union.
RA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shavarsh Kocharyan didn't agree
with Zurabyan, insisting that that is the MP's personal point of view.
Republican Party of Armenia MP Artashes Geghamyan then asked for the
floor and said that Zurabyan is forgetting that there are 1 billion
Christians in the world and that "behind the wheel" in Germany
("considered the EU's engine") are the Christian Democrats, on whom
the Vatican has great influence.
http://www.epress.am/en/2013/10/31/why-is-armenia%E2%80%99s-foreign-minister-avoiding-coming-to-parliament.html
31.10 22:23 epress.am
During the discussion in parliament today on the amount from the 2014
state budget to be allocated to the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Armenian National Congress (HAK) MP Levon Zurabyan raised a question on
the inefficiency of Armenia's foreign policies. In particular, he said,
"pointless funds" are being used to open Armenian embassies abroad.
Among these "pointless" expenses, he named the appointment of an
ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Vatican City, who happens
to be Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's son-in-law, Mikael Minasyan
[pictured, far left].
Among other failures, the opposition MP highlighted the failed
Armenia-Turkey Protocols and preparations related to signing the
Association Agreement with the European Union.
RA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shavarsh Kocharyan didn't agree
with Zurabyan, insisting that that is the MP's personal point of view.
Republican Party of Armenia MP Artashes Geghamyan then asked for the
floor and said that Zurabyan is forgetting that there are 1 billion
Christians in the world and that "behind the wheel" in Germany
("considered the EU's engine") are the Christian Democrats, on whom
the Vatican has great influence.