The bill on recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh co-authored by Zaruhi Postanjyan and Hrant Bagratyan has not been approved by the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, Parliament of Armenia.

A vote was announced after the debates, but the committee members did not take part. Hamlet Harutyunyan (Republican Party of Armenia) and Tevan Poghosyan voted ‘for’ and ‘against’ respectively.
Committee Chairman Artak Zarkaryan saud that the bill would not be out on the agenda.

“It is not the right time yet, but the moment will come soon. I agreed with Ms Postanjyan’s motion on recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh. But my no sharing her opinion is that I am deeply convinced that we need patience. We have no grounds to undertake unfounded initiatives. The bill must be universally approved, without any criticism or voting,” he said.

Commission for foreign relations of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies has adopted resolution on the Armenian Genocide. This was reported by the European Armenian Federation for Justice Democracy.

The draft resolution presented by parliamentary majority has been adopted.

The parliamentary majority has introduced a draft bill for an urgent debate to adopt it at the plenary session before the recess. The draft bills were also introduced by Humanist Democratic Centre, Socialist Party and “Flemish Interest”.

Last month Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on behalf of his government recognized the Armenian Genocide that occured in the Ottoman Empire one hundred years ago.

The Belgian PM said he believes the 1915-1917 events should be “considered a genocide”.

Nagorno-Karabakh recognition bill not on Armenian parliament’s agenda

Belgian parliament’s commission adopts Armenian Genocide resolution