Baku Today, Azerbaijan
April 15 2006

PACE Encourages Conflict Settlement in South Caucasus

15/04/2006 09:49

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) encourages
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to continue their efforts to achieve
peaceful and permanent settlements of the various conflicts in the
region in order to enable the voluntary return of refugees and
internally displaced persons (IDPs), the CoE reported on April 13.

During its spring session on April 13 PACE discussed a draft
resolution on refugees and displaced persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan
and Georgia.

The European parliamentarians also welcomed the steps taken by
Armenia and Azerbaijan and, to a lesser extent, Georgia, to begin
local integration of refugees and IDPs, while stressing that there
were still urgent humanitarian needs which would require
international aid.