Armenian expert: Russian President's initiative is of legal characterAugust 11, 2009 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RF President's initiative of introducing a bill on deploying RF armed forces beyond Russia's borders is of legal character. It is aimed at preventing legislative loopholes in case of using Russian troops beyond RF borders, Ruben Mehrabyan, military expert from Armenian Center for Political and International Research, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's bill on introducing amendments to the law "On Defense" concerns the procedures of using the country's armed forces beyond its borders. Amendments aim to "create a legal mechanism enabling President to make effective use of RF armed forces detachments beyond Russian borders." President will be probably vested with the right to be the sole decision maker in the sphere for repelling attacks against Russian troops deployed beyond the country's borders, repelling or preventing aggression against another state, protecting RF citizens, combating piracy and ensuring security of sailing vessels. Formerly, President had to obtain Federation Council's consent for deploying armed forces beyond RF borders. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |