US embassy cable - 05YEREVAN244

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ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY ABSENTEEISM STALLS ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION

Identifier: 05YEREVAN244
Wikileaks: View 05YEREVAN244 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Yerevan
Created: 2005-02-10 12:30:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PREL PARM AM
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS YEREVAN 000244 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR T AND EUR/CACEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PARM, AM 
SUBJECT: ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY ABSENTEEISM STALLS ARTICLE 
98 RATIFICATION 
 
1.  Sensitive but Unclassified.  Please Treat Accordingly. 
 
2.  (SBU) Despite GOAM assurances that ratification by the 
National Assembly was "locked in," the Armenian parliament 
failed on February 9 to ratify its bilateral Article 98 
agreement with the USG.  Member absenteeism and the 
opposition boycott prevented ratification.  With 26 
opposition MPs continuing their boycott and Parliament 
Speaker Baghdasarian abroad with a sizeable delegation, the 
parliament could not assemble 66 members for the 
fifty-percent quorum requirement.  The measure will be taken 
up again at the next parliamentary session, scheduled for 
February 28. 
GODFREY 

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