National Assembly of Armenia ratified Rome Statute of ICC

ArmInfo. At a plenary session on October 3, the National Assembly of Armenia ratified the Rome  Statute of the UN International Criminal Court.

60 MPs voted for the adoption of the document with 22 votes against.

Before the vote, MP from the "I Have  Honor" bloc, representative of  the Republican Party Hayk Mamijanyan noted that the RPA twice made  statements that the very discussion of the statute in parliament  contradicts the requirements of the Constitution. Moreover, ratifying  the statute will not bring any benefit to the country, considering  the fact that neither Turkey nor Azerbaijan have signed it. Even the  members of the UN Security Council, Russia, the USA, and China either  did not ratify or did not sign the Rome Statute at all. "Armenia will  not receive any benefit from this document, not to mention the  numerous dangers," the MP said.

The "Armenia" faction also announced its intention to vote against  it, whose secretary Artsvik Minasyan also pointed out the  unconstitutionality of the presented document.

In turn, Mp from the ruling "Civil Contract" faction Vladimir  Vardanyan,  emphasized that what happened in Artsakh is a crime  against humanity. As a result of this crime and the policy of ethnic  cleansing carried out by the Azerbaijani authorities, a significant  part of our compatriots is now in the sovereign part of Armenia. "And  this gives grounds to raise the issue at the ICC. In this regard, I  would like to see how our partners from the opposition will vote,"  Vardanyan emphasized.

Today, the RA National Assembly completed almost the entire agenda of  its sessions in just half a day, voting in favor of all the submitted  bills.