Parliamentary opposition`s stance puzzling - vice-speaker 

ArmInfo. The position of the parliamentary opposition in the National Assembly of Armenia on the Regulation on the state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan submitted for ratification is puzzling. This was stated by the Vice Speaker of the Parliament Ruben Rubinyan from the rostrum of the  National Assembly on October 22.

"We often hear that the submitted law is unconstitutional, that there  are risks associated with the fact that Baku will not ratify the  document, etc. But if this is so, then why should Baku not ratify  this document?" - the Vice Speaker asked.

He also pointed out the unacceptability of the possibility of  ratifying the document with reservations, since such reservations are  applied to international treaties and conventions.

In this regard, the secretary of the "Armenia" faction of the RA  National Assembly Artsvik Minasyan drew attention to the fact that  the justifications of the country's parliamentary leaders correspond  to the statements of the Azerbaijani authorities. Minasyan recalled  that at one time, the current Prime Minister of the Republic of  Armenia Nikol Pashinyan also voted for the adoption of the law on the  administrative- territorial division of Armenia. 

"The question is for you, Nikol Pashinyan, when in 2014, as a member  of the National Assembly, you voted for the adoption of this  document, did you then think that Artsakh is Armenia and that's it?  If yes, this means that even then the current Prime Minister was  thinking about how to leave Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan. If not,  then all the theses of the representatives of the ruling faction are  simply collapsing before our eyes," the oppositionist noted, adding  that the actions of the country's authorities are illegal. For this  reason, the faction will not participate in the discussions and  voting on the draft of the presented document. Another opposition  parliamentary force, the "I have the honor" faction, also announced  its intention to refuse to participate in the discussions, as  reported by the head of the faction, Hayk Mamijanyan.

On August 30, Yerevan and Baku signed a regulation on the joint  activities of the commissions for delimitation and demarcation of the  state border. The regulation was adopted by the Armenian government  at a meeting on September 5. 

In particular, it provides for the organization of delimitation work,  the adoption of relevant documents, the preparation of a  protocol-description of the crossing of the state border, the  preparation of a delimitation map of the appropriate scale, as well  as the work of expert groups. It is also noted that the regulation  and documents that will be adopted on its basis will supplement the  legal basis for ensuring the full course of delimitation work. The  regulation provides for the regulation of procedural issues between  the two countries after the signing of the state border treaty.  On  September 26, the Constitutional Court recognized the Regulation as  consistent with the Constitution.