GULTEKIN HAJIYEVA: "NO NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN APPEAL TO DISCUSS REFERENDUM IN NKR TO PACE"
Democratic Azerbaijan
Jan 17 2007
"During PACE winter session discussion of illegal referendum held
by separatists in Nagorni Garabagh last summer is not expected",
co-rapporteur of PACE monitoring group on Azerbaijan, Tony Lloyd,
informed. Accordingly to PACE representative the reason is that
Azerbaijani side didn’t apply timely to the said structure on the
issue in question. At the same time T. Lloyd underlined the fact that
consideration of the issue in question is possible if official Baku
applies to the structure.
In turn Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan doesn’t think it
necessary to officially apply to PACE. Head of information policy
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tair Tagizade, stressed that
Azerbaijani deputies in PACE provided Strasburg with sufficient
information before and after "referendum": "Moreover, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs made special statement, and Secretary General of the
Council of Europe Terry Davis expressed his position concerning this
issue. That is why I hold that there is no need to forward additional
appeal to the said international structure".
Member of Azerbaijan delegation to PACE, Gultekin Hajiyeva,
also holds that there is no need to specially apply to discuss
"referendum" held by Armenians on occupied territories of Azerbaijan:
"It is not for the first time when Armenians organize such events
that is why I don’t think it necessary to make special appeal. The
matter is that Secretary General of Council of Europe, Cabinet of
Ministers and President of Parliamentary Assembly responded to this
"referendum". Thus, leadership of Parliamentary Assembly and other
officials criticized Armenians’ conduct, which, accordingly to them,
would negatively affect peace regulation process of Nagorni Garabagh
conflict. I think even in case of adoption of such appeal this issue
wouldn’t be discussed at plenary meeting".
