A Parade of Business Trips: No Refusal of Foreign Voyages

The newspaper "Zhoghovurd" reports that from October 17 to 29, members of the National Assembly, as well as some representatives of the staff, will be going on various business trips. During this 12-day period, the composition of the parliamentary delegation traveling to six countries comprises only representatives of the ruling power.

For instance, from October 25 to 29, the head of the National Assembly's Permanent Committee on Health, Narek Zeynalyan, and the deputy head Lusine Badalyan will travel to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, to participate in a meeting organized by the World Health Organization.

From October 20 to 23, a delegation led by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Alen Simonyan, will be heading to Athens, Greece, and then to Nicosia, Cyprus, from October 23 to 26. This group will include ruling party members Gevorg Papyan and Vahagn Aleksanyan, as well as the head and deputy of the National Assembly's staff, heads of the protocol and external relations departments, the Speaker's advisor, and the press secretary, totaling 13 individuals.

From October 21 to 25, two parliamentarians from the ruling party, Sergey Movsisyan and Alexey Sandikov, will visit Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Additionally, from October 25 to 27, Edward Badoyan, the chief specialist from the National Assembly's external relations department on international organizations, will join Eduard Aghajanyan and Mary Galstyan on a trip to Geneva.

Ruling party MP Arman Yeghoyan, along with expert Mari Manukyan from his committee and the head of the National Assembly's staff Naribekyan and deputy Heghine Khachikyan, will travel to Rome for a five-day visit starting October 17.

All these trips will be financed from the National Assembly's budget, covering per diems and travel expenses as instructed by Alen Simonyan. Despite ongoing discussions about saving every dram and directing funds towards the rearmament of the Armed Forces and ensuring decent pay for soldiers in the aftermath of the 44-day war, representatives of the ruling power are still not giving up on foreign voyages.

For more details, check today’s edition of the newspaper.