Michael Vardanyan appointed vice-president of Inter-Parliamentary Union

PanARMENIAN.Net - 121 Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union passed from October 19 to 21 in Geneva . Armenian delegation headed by the National Assembly Vice-Speaker and representative of the Republican Party Samvel Nikoyan participated in the work of assembly.



During the first meeting of the leaders of Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly on October 19 participants discussed issues of membership, report of the Secretary and Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Union about the work done in the past 6 months.



The "Eurasia" working group, also chaired by Armenia, convened a meeting. Head of the Armenian delegation Samvel Nikoyan suggested to nominate candidate Michael Vardanyan from the group.



Global problems, mainly related to the worldwide fight against drug trafficking and illicit arms trafficking have been discussed at the assembly.

During October 20-21 meetings the governing council chose five new members of the executive committee, one of them was a deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia Michael Vardanyan. He was also appointed as vice-president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, press service of the National Assembly of Armenia reports.