ArmInfo.The National Assembly of Armenia approved in the first reading on March 21 the draft amendments to a number of laws regulating international relations. The project was presented by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan.
According to him, the main goal of the amendments is the redistribution of state functions and the revision of existing procedures in the field of foreign policy and international relations as a result of the final approval of the parliamentary form of government and the enhancement of the role of the government since the newly elected president took office in April 2018.
"The draft assumes a number of fundamental changes, in particular, after the government has taken a decision on the draft international treaty, its text can not be changed, therefore, the text of the text of the text already approved by the authorized agency and agreed with the other party should be submitted to the government for consideration. the agreement can not be radically changed, "the deputy minister said. He noted that the key change is that the Armenian president will be able to approve, suspend or terminate the international treaty solely on the basis of the government's proposal.
At the same time, the Armenian parliament will have the opportunity to ratify, suspend and dissolve international treaties in the form of adopting a corresponding law and presenting more stringent requirements to the stages of drafting and signing the document. Other principal adjustments include increasing the role and responsibility of the competent departments when concluding contracts. Amendments were made to the laws "On international treaties", "On the protection of personal data", "On electronic documents and electronic signatures", "On road safety", "On youth sports", "On police service", "On the bodies" national security, environmental monitoring, security of persons subject to special state protection, waste, foreigners, state register of population, narcotic and psychotropic substances, refugees and refuge ", <About identification and assistance to persons, vergshimsya trafficked> et al.