ARAZ AZIMOV MISSES HEARINGS ON "FROZEN CONFLICTS" IN BERLIN DUE TO HIS HEALTH PROBLEMS

APA
[ 05 Nov 2007 14:57 ]

Hearings on "frozen conflicts" organized by the Monitoring Committee
of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) and German
Institute for International and Security Affairs have started in
Berlin today.

APA reports that spokesman for Foreign Ministry Khazar Ibrahim
said Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov was expected to head the
Azerbaijani delegation, but he was replaced by Foreign Ministry’s
department chief due to his health problems.

Five members of Azerbaijani parliament – members of the Monitoring
Committee Samad Seyidov, Gultakin Hajiyeva, Aydin Abbasov, members
of the parliament’s international affairs commission Asim Mollazadeh
and Chingiz Asadullayev also participate in the hearings. Conflicts
of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transdnestria will
be debated during the hearings.

The hearings have two goals: to unite efforts of the leading experts
and officials of ministries in order to assess the situation of
each conflict and to determine the role of the Council of Europe
in the settlement of the conflicts. The hearings will last for
two days. Historians, scientists, experts on international law,
representatives of scientific-research centers and parliamentarians,
members of the Monitoring Committee will exchange views today. Senior
officials of the interested parties will have discussions
tomorrow. Officials of all parties participate in the hearings.

Armenian delegation to PACE had appealed for participation of
separatist Nagorno Karabakh representatives in the hearings, but the
appeal was rejected.