Parliamentary committee approves bill on ratifying Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
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YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, ARMENPRESS. A parliamentary committee approved on Friday the bill on ratifying the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.
Armenia’s Representative for International Legal Affairs Yeghishe Kirakosyan presented the bill to lawmakers at the parliamentary committee on state-legal affairs.
He said that through the ratification of the conventions Armenia will also become a member (contracting party) of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
The PCA has 124 Contracting Parties.
Kirakosyan said that by ratifying the conventions Armenia will send an important message in terms of foreign policy regarding the peaceful resolution of disputes, establishment of peace, and prohibition of the use of force and the threat of force.
The bill will be debated in the plenary session of parliament.