ArmInfo. Russia and Turkey have always been and will be competitors for the sphere of influence in the South Caucasus; the interests of the two countries in this region are interbreeding. Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Edward Sharmazanov stated this in a conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. Artsakh self-determined not from Azerbaijan, but from the Soviet Union.  Edward Sharmazanov, the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, press secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, stated this at a press conference in Yerevan on December 27 summing up the results of the outgoing year.

ArmInfo. Armenia's vote in the UN on the issue of Jerusalem was based on the national interests of the country. This was stated at the press conference in Yerevan by  the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, press secretary of the ruling Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov.

ArmInfo. The visit of the Armenian President to Georgia was very effective. Edward Sharmazanov, the vice speaker of the Armenian parliament, press secretary of the  ruling Republican Party of Armenia, stated this at a press conference in Yerevan on December 27 summing up the results of the outgoing year.

ArmInfo. Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, press secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Edward Sharmazanov believes that Armenian President  Serzh Sargsyan is an irreplaceable cost-supervisor.

ArmInfo.On December 22, the Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov sent a letter to Paraguay Pedro Lorenzo Aliana Rodriguez, Speaker of the  Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of Paraguay, where he expressed  his concern over the unilateral declaration on the Nagorno-Karabakh  issue adopted by the legislative body of this country.

ArmInfo. President Serzh Sargsyan did not pretend and hardly now claims to be the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. Vahram Baghdasaryan, the head of  the Republican faction, expressed such confidence in the conversation with journalists.

ArmInfo. Today's meeting of the National Assembly of Armenia was marked by an unprecedented surge of emotions

ArmInfo."At the moment, the ruling party does not have an officially appointed candidate for the post of prime minister, all candidates are "nominated" by the press  at their discretion. As for us, we need to hold a meeting for  discussion and nomination of candidates,"on December 19 in a  conversation with a reporter ArmInfo was told by the Vice Speaker of  the Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov, referring to the  following one after another statements of the RPA representatives  that the only and irreplaceable candidate for the post of the Prime  Minister of Armenia after its transition to a parliamentary form of  government Is Serzh Sargsyan.

ArmInfo. Students who oppose the law "On Military Duty and Status of Servicemen" resumed their hunger strike.

ArmInfo. On December 15, the delegation headed by Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov, in the composition of the deputies Samvel Farmanyan and Suren Manukyan met with the Deputy Chairman of the Seimas of Latvia, Iness Libiena-Egneret.

ArmInfo. The delegation led  by the NA Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, in the composition of the  deputies of the National Assembly Samvel Farmanyan and Suren Manukyan  met with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of  Latvia, Andrei Pildegovich.  The Ambassador Extraordinary and  Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Tigran  Mkrtchyan attended the meeting.

ArmInfo.On December 14, the delegation led by the Vice- Speaker of the National Assembly, the head of the Armenia-Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia friendship group  Eduard Sharmazanov met with Deputy Foreign Minister of Lithuania Darius Skucevicius. Samvel Farmanian and Suren Manukyan are members of the delegation.

ArmInfo. The delegation led by the NA Vice Speaker, the head of the Armenia-Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia friendship group Eduard Sharmazanov, met with the members of the Lithuania-Armenia parliamentary friendship group as part of the  working visit to Lithuania.  Samvel Farmanyan and Suren Manukyan are  members of the delegation. The Ambassador Extraordinary and  Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Lithuania attended the  meeting.

ArmInfo. The delegation led by the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly, the head of the Armenia-Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia friendship group Eduard Sharmazanov, in which the deputies of the Parliament Samvel Farmanyan and Suren Manukyan met on December 13 with the vice speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament, the chairman of the European Affairs Committee Gediminas Kirkilas and the chairman of the Commission on Foreign Relations, Juozas Bernatonis.

ArmInfo.Vice Speaker of National Assembly Edward Sharmazanov on December 6 received  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to  Armenia Erikas Petrikas.

ArmInfo. Hot debate at the international conference "Parliamentarians Against Drugs" in Moscow was held between the representatives of the Armenian and Azeri delegations.

ArmInfo.On December 4, the NA Vice Speaker  Sharmazanov, at the invitation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, took part in the international conference  "Parliamentarians against drugs".

ArmInfo. Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov took part in the joint meeting of the commission on harmonization of the legislation  in the sphere of security and counteraction to new challenges and  threats in the IPA CIS on November 28 and delivered a speech at the  Tavrichesky Palace of St. Petersburg.

ArmInfo. Armenian Vice-Speaker Edward Sharmazanov in Saint Petersburg is unanimously elected deputy Chairman of the Committee on Defense and National  Security of IPA CIS.