YEREVAN. - The Armenian Parliament is to hold a special sitting on Friday, Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan stated in parliament.

The sitting will be held on the Armenian government`s initiative. The government plans to submit a number of urgent bills.

On Thursday, the Armenian parliament ratified a number of international agreements, particularly the Armenian-Russian agreement on re-admission. The Russian Duma ratified the document as well. The Armenian parliament also ratified an Armenian-Russian agreement on trade missions, as well as the Armenian-Slovenian convention abolishing double taxation.