ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 5 2007

PACE CHAIRMAN SEES NO PROGRESS IN KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

YEREVAN, July 5. /ARKA/. CE Parliamentary Assembly Chairman Rene van
der Linden sees no progress in Karabakh conflict settlement.

He said Wednesday as met Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran
Torosyan in Yerevan that efforts are needed to form public opinion
for the problem settlement through negotiations, Armenian National
Assembly press office reports.

Torosyan, in his turn, said that nobody in Armenia or Karabakh tries
to stir up hatred against other nation and nobody runs military
propaganda in Armenia or Karabakh, while Azerbaijan is doing polar
opposite things.

As an example of that, Torosyan pointed out Azerbaijan’s reaction to
Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals’ tour to Yerevan, Stepanakert
and Baku.

He said this initiative was taken properly in Armenia and Karabakh,
while in Azerbaijan this visit prompted widespread criticism and
protests.

Torosyan said that such a conduct contradicts PACE Resolution N1416
containing war and hatred propaganda condemnation.

The speaker urged international organizations to display impartiality
in gauging public opinion in countries. M.V.-0—