TREND, Azerbaijan
May 5 2006

Azerbaijan and Armenia accepted to CE for peaceful resolution of
Nagorno-Karabkh conflict

Source: Trend
Author: A. Mamedov

05.05.2006

Necessity in peaceful resolution of conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is
one of the main reasons for acceptance of Azerbaijan and Armenia to
the CE, reportedly said Jean-Louis Loran, CE Director General for
political affairs.

“I am sure that the fastest peaceful resolution of this conflict
enables the two countries shorten their way to integration with
European value system”,- he said in the course of his speech within
today’s forum “Armenia in CE, 5 years of membership” in Yerevan.

Loran said also South Caucasus shall become a part of today’s Europe,
providing that no hate or hostility continues under the all-European
‘roof’.

The Council of Europe has operated since 1949, includes 46 countries
of the world with total population over 800mln people. Armenia joined
the CE January 25, 2001, alongside Azerbaijan, Armenia-Novosti reports.