RUSSELL JOHNSTON DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE LEGALITY OF THE REFERENDUM IN NKR

ArmRadio.am
11.12.2006 15:27

"The referendum in Nagorno Karabakh cannot have legal validity
unless the Karabakh conflict is settled," Chairman of the PACE
Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh Lord Russell Johnson said in Baku
today, "Trend" agency reports. Lord Johnston said this during today’s
recurrent sitting of the PACE Political Committee in Baku. The event
was attended by about 60 parliamentarians and 20 experts from the
Council of Europe. The agenda of sitting includes the question of
Chernogoria’s accession to the organization, the situation in Kosovo,
Iran’ s nuclear programs, the question of democracy and human rights
in Council of Europe member states, the situation in Azerbaijan,
Chechnia, countries of the Middle East, etc.