LORD RUSSEL JOHNSTON IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE WORK OF PACE AD HOC
COMMITTEE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH

Strasbourg, January 25. ArmInfo. The chairman of PACE Ad Hoc
Committee on Nagorno-Karabakh Lord Russel Jonhston has told ArmInfo’s
correspondent that he is dissatisfied with the committee’s work. He
said this after the committee’s meeting today.

He said that the committee members have had many meetings with the
sides in order to better understand them. At first, he planned to
invite the delegations to the meeting but they refused saying that
they had no experience. Johnston said that the Committee has decided
to monitor the sides’ mutual charges and has agreed to visit Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh.

At the same time, he noted that the compromise that will lead to the
settlement requires necessary public opinion, which is not the case
for the time being. The OSCE MG co-chairs keep saying that there is a
certain compromise but nothing has changed so far. Speaking about the
possible enlargement of the committee’s mandate, Johnston said that
the committee members live far from each other and find it hard to
coordinate their work. The volume of work requires that the committee
meet more often than four times a year, Johnson said.