YEREVAN. November 1 (Interfax) - The Armenian Revolutionary Federation, an opposition party also known as Dashnaktsutyun, has introduced a draft law for Armenia to form a military alliance with the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic, a disputed Armenian-speaking enclave in neighboring Azerbaijan.
The bill, introduced by Dashnaksutyun's group in parliament, "does not contain any disputable legal terms" and the proposed law "would guarantee security for Nagorno-Karabakh, including in the event of military aggression," and might help the enclave achieve international recognition, group chairman Vahan Hovhannisyan said at a briefing on Friday.
The legislature also has on its agenda a draft law to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's independence introduced by another opposition party, Heritage.
On Thursday, the ruling coalition said it would boycott the vote on the bill, arguing that as Armenia's unilateral recognition of the region's independence might hinder talks on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The vote was put off until December 9.