TIGRAN TOROSIAN: ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES NOT DISCUSSED DURING
ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJANI DELEGATIONS’ MEETING TAKEN PLACE IN
STRASBOURG RECENTLY

YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. "Especially important issues were
not discussed" during the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations’
meeting taken place recently in Strasbourg within the framework of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Ad-hoc Committee on
Nagorno Karabakh. Tigran Torosian, the head of the Armenian delegation
at the Assembly, RA NA Speaker stated about it at the January 29 press
conference, responding the Noyan Tapan correspondent’s question. In
his words, representatives of the two delegations expressed their
viewpoints about the work done before and their notions connected with
the future deeds.

Committee Chairman Lord Russell Johnston again spoke during the
meeting about the visit to be paid to the region, including Nagorno
Karabakh. "But, saying sincerely, I am not very optimistic in that
sense," T.Torosian said, mentioning that concrete terms of the visit
were appointed still in the autumn of 2006, but it did not take place.

In the speaker’s words, during the mentioned meeting the delegation
members’ speeches were "much more correct" compared with those
happening usually at the Assembly. "But it is not a basis for a great
optimism for me, either, as I am sure that no serious steps were taken
to stop those aspersions, accusations which the Azerbaijani deputies
are used to present," T.Torosian said.