PACE ADOPTS A RESOLUTION ON REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS

ArmRadio.am
14.04.2006 11:16

Yesterday the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe discussed
the report on “Refugees and displaced persons in Armenia, Georgia and
Azerbaijan” and adopted a resolution. Head of the Armenian delegation
to PACE Tigran Torosyan said that the resolution correctly pictures
the current situation.

The report does not indicate the number of the refugees and displaced
persons. However, the report has a memorandum of the reporter, which
includes interesting figures taken from the report of the UN Supreme
Commissioner on Issues of Refugees.

“It is mentioned, for instance, that the number of refugees
in Azerbaijan is a little more than 83 thousand. At the end of
2004 there were only 8 606 refugees and 500 displaced persons
in Azerbaijan. However, these numbers make it apparent that the
Azerbaijanis’ reports on having 1 million refugees are an absolute
lie,” Head of the Armenian delegation underlined.