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PACE CANNOT FORCE
[06:46 pm] 26 January, 2007
`We continue to put pressure. We especially direct these pressures on
Armenia, but Azerbaijan is also being exerted’, said President of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe René van der Linden
asked by Azeri agency `APA’ why the PACE doesn’t exert pressure on
Armenia though the latter doesn’t carry out the PACE special
resolution.
`The PACE cannot force anyone to settle the Karabakh conflict. This is
political issue and we need political will in this issue. I think that
the meetings of the presidents were positive enough, unfortunately,
the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict remains
ineffective. I hope that by the assistance of international
organizations the settlement of the conflict will be achieved. It is
important not only for the regional countries, but also for those
countries which are interested’, said René van der Linden.