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LEVON ZURABYAN ON AD HOC COMMITTEE ON GAS: PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY PILING UP ISSUES TO WASH OUT THE MAJOR PROBLEM
by Ashot Safaryan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=C5CD32D0-9E18-11E3-8E690EB7C0D21663
Tuesday, February 25, 15:31
The parliamentary majority represented by the Republican Party has
no intention to settle the problems in the gas and transport systems.
Setting up an ad hoc committee on gas issues, the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia just piling up issues to wash out the major problem,
Levon Zurabyan, Head of the Armenian National Congress Faction,
said in the Parliament, Tuesday.
"You have regularly refused to study the provisions of the gas
agreements with Russia. You just do not want to enter a field where
you are very weak. Your actions depend on your fear of Russia. You
are afraid to raise issues that may spoil your relations with Moscow,"
Zurabyan said addressing the Republicans.
He is sure that the public protests and the committee could be used
as an important instrument in the negotiations for revision of the
agreements. ANC and other non-governmental forces demand transparent
activity and open meetings of the ad hoc committee. Meanwhile, the
parliamentary majority is against the idea of open meetings of the
committee, Zurabyan said.
To recall, the agreement with Russia, particularly the increased gas
tariff for Armenian consumers and transfer of the Government's 20%
in ArmRusgasprom Company to Russia in exchange for a debt sparked
public outrage in the country.
by Ashot Safaryan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=C5CD32D0-9E18-11E3-8E690EB7C0D21663
Tuesday, February 25, 15:31
The parliamentary majority represented by the Republican Party has
no intention to settle the problems in the gas and transport systems.
Setting up an ad hoc committee on gas issues, the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia just piling up issues to wash out the major problem,
Levon Zurabyan, Head of the Armenian National Congress Faction,
said in the Parliament, Tuesday.
"You have regularly refused to study the provisions of the gas
agreements with Russia. You just do not want to enter a field where
you are very weak. Your actions depend on your fear of Russia. You
are afraid to raise issues that may spoil your relations with Moscow,"
Zurabyan said addressing the Republicans.
He is sure that the public protests and the committee could be used
as an important instrument in the negotiations for revision of the
agreements. ANC and other non-governmental forces demand transparent
activity and open meetings of the ad hoc committee. Meanwhile, the
parliamentary majority is against the idea of open meetings of the
committee, Zurabyan said.
To recall, the agreement with Russia, particularly the increased gas
tariff for Armenian consumers and transfer of the Government's 20%
in ArmRusgasprom Company to Russia in exchange for a debt sparked
public outrage in the country.