DAVIS AVOIDED THE QUESTION
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[07:29 pm] 26 June, 2006
Answering the question of an Armenian TV Channel Terry Davis, Council
of Europe Secretary General referred to the relations between Armenia
and Turkey and connected them with the Karabakh conflict which has not
been settled yet. Taking the chance of meeting him in the PACE summer
session why asked Mr. Davis what is the logic for Armenia to accept
the precondition put forward by Turkey according to which the borders
will be opened if the NKR conflict is settled in favor of Azerbaijan.
Mr. Davis informed that he does not remember when he said so as he
had interviews with many journalists in South Caucasus. In any case
he is convinced that the Karabakh conflict must be settled within
the framework of the interests of NK, Azerbaijan and Armenia, and
that becoming member of the CoE, the two countries are obliged to
find the peaceful settlement of the conflict.
By the way, when one of the Georgian journalists tried to find out the
opinion of the Secretary General about the possibility of a referendum
in Osetia and Abkhazia, he offered not to compare the case with that of
Serbia and Montenegro. According to Davis, In Serbia and Montenegro
there was an agreement between the parties to hold a referendum,
whereas in Osetia and Abkhazia, as well as in Karabakh there in the
ethnic problem.