AZERI PRESSURE GROUP URGES ARMENIA’S EXCLUSION FROM COE

TREND (in Russian), Azerbaijan
Sept 12 2006

Baku, 12 September: Armenia must be excluded from the Council of
Europe, the Karabakh Liberation Organization [KLO] said in an appeal
on 12 September.

The KLO also commented on the latest statement of the president of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Rene van der Linden.

The appeal said that Rene van der Linden’s statement saying that the
occupation-affected country may be excluded from the council if it
resumes military operations is a warning for Baku.

The KLO said that it condemns such a biased position which promotes
Armenia’s policy of annexation. The international organization sticking
to this position should have excluded Armenia, which has occupied
Azerbaijani territories. Since this has not happened, the statement
of the PACE president does not make any difference, the KLO said.

The KLO believes that Azerbaijan must use the right to necessary
protection and liberate its occupied lands on the basis of Article
51 of the UN Charter.