Tuesday, July 18 2017 19:07

ArmInfo. Russia hurried with the  request to give official status to Russian language in Armenia. In  any case, this is evidenced by the reaction of the lawmakers of  Armenian National Assembly, first of all, from the ruling Republican  Party.

On July 17, the State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to  officially establish the Russian language in Armenia in the name of  "rights" of Armenian drivers. Ara Babloyan, speaker of Armenian  Parliament, raised the issue of the need to recognize national  driving licenses in Russia.

In particular, the chairman of the permanent parliamentary commission  on foreign relations Armen Ashotyan stated that Russian would not  receive official status in Armenia. Noting Russian as a language of  universal importance for Armenians, the parliamentarian said that  there is no and will not be a question on the agenda of the  parliament on giving the Russian language the status of official and  fixing it in the Constitution. According to him, negotiations with  Moscow on recognition of the Armenian driver's license will be  continued in other formats.

In turn, the vice speaker of the parliament, RPA spokesman Eduard  Sharmazanov said that Armenian is the only official language of  Armenia in accordance with the Constitution.

In his turn, the lawmaker from the opposition bloc Elk Edmond  Marukyan characterized the law passed by State Duma as a blow to the  supporters of Eurasian Union in Armenia. In this regard, the lawmaker  made a request to the head of the Collegium of Eurasian Economic  Commission Tigran Sargsyan regarding the contradictory nature of the  new rules to the principle of the EEU on the right to free movement  of labor within it. Marukyan expects the head of the EEC to take  effective steps to ensure the implementation of the paragraphs of the  agreement on EEU and the protection of the rights of Armenian  citizens.