CHAIRWOMAN OF COMMISSION FOR INTER-PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION
EU-AZERBAIJAN REFUTES INFORMATION THAT SESSION OF COMMISSION IN BAKU
WAS BROKEN
YEREVAN, APRIL 23. ARMINFO. Chairwoman of the Commission for
Inter-parliamentary Cooperation EU-South Caucasus Marie Anne Isler
Beguin has refuted the information of Azerbaijani Mass media that the
session of the Commission for Inter-parliamentary Cooperation
EU-Azerbaijan in Baku was broken and no final resolution was adopted.
Talking to ARMINFO, Marie Anne Isler Begiun has stated that the
session of the commission passed in a normal working atmosphere and a
relevant resolution was adopted. She promised to provide ARMINFO news
agency the text of the resolution within the nearest future for its
comparison with the resolution on Armenia adopted by the Commission on
April 14 in Strasbourg. To note, according to the Azerbaijani mass
media the resolution on Armenia adopted by the commission aroused
dissatisfaction of the Azerbaijani party, which accused the commission
of pro-Armenian position. The resolution, in particular says, that the
South Caucasian states should refrain themselves from statements
contradicting to the policy of the EU and to exert maximum efforts for
peaceful resolution of the regional conflicts within the nearest
future. The document also says that Karabakh problem must be settled
taking into account international legal norms, including the principle
of peoples’ rights to self- determination. According to the document,
determination of the status of Nagorny Karabakh and provision of
guarantees of security to Nagorny Karabakh people must be pledge of
the Karabakh conflict’s settlement. The authors of the document also
express gratitude to the Armenian and Nagorny Karabakh authorities for
contribution to OSCE experts mission to the territories nearing
Nagorny Karabakh. The document also calls Turkey to lift the blockade
of the borders with Armenia and to recognize the facts of its
history. The authors also express satisfaction with the effective
economic policy of the Armenian authorities.