Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 12 2007

Written question presented to the PACE Committee of Ministers

[ 12 Jan. 2007 19:09 ]

Ganira Pashayeva presented a written question to the Committee of
Ministers of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, she
told APA.

The written question on the Actions of the Leadership of Armenia
Undermining the Armenia-Azerbaijan Ongoing Peace Forces reflects the
referendum on December 10. The written question says that this act is
in direct violation of the Constitution of Azerbaijan, as well as
relevant norms and principles of the international law and endangers
the ongoing peace process.
`The so-called referendum and its results are null and void. It
shouldn’t mislead the international community, which is well-informed
of the occupation and ethnic cleansing carried out by the Armenian
armed forces against all non-Armenian population in the Nagorno
Karabakh region and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Future
constitutional document envisaging a self-rule for the population of
the Nagorno Karabakh region can only be elaborated through the legal,
democratic and peaceful process with a full, equal and direct
participation of the entire participation of the region, including
both Armenian and Azerbaijani communities. The `referendum’ conducted
by the Armenian side despite numerous warnings of international
organizations, including the Council of Europe, European Union and
OSCE, damage the ongoing peace process. We deem the sending a letter
of congratulations on the occasion of the `referendum’ by President
Robert Kocharian as a destructive step which harms the process of
diplomatic negotiations aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict.
As stated by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs, `conducting such a
referendum is particularly unhelpful at the moment when the OSCE
Minsk Group-meditated negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan
appear to be on a constructive path’. Armenian leadership has
consciously chosen to ignore relevant decisions of the international
community, including the PACE resolution 1416, and impede the peace
process by pre-empting its outcome
Expressing its deep concern over the potential negative impact of the
abovementioned in terms of broader regional security, Ganira
Pashayeva asked the Council of Ministers:
– Whether discussing the steps undertaken in the context by the
leadership of the republic of Armenia and providing adequate legal
and political assessment of its obvious detrimental consequences is
in place?
– Why does the Council of Ministers refrain from making use of
effective mechanisms at its disposal to influence the government of
Armenia to abstain in the future from actions that prevent lasting
peace in the region from being achieved, including its continued
non-compliance with the PACE Resolution 1416 (2003)?’, the documents
reads. /APA/

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress