DOCUMENT ON ARMENIA’S ACTIONS, AIMED AT RAISING TENSIONS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS, PRESENTED TO PACE SECRETARIAT
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April 18 2008
Azerbaijan
A draft resolution regarding the need to assess the actions of Armenia,
aiming to raise tenseness in the South Caucasus has been submitted to
the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
According to Day.Az the document has been worked out by the member
of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE Ganira Pashayeva.
The document also contains the demand to apply tougher mechanisms to
prevent growth of tensions in the South Caucasus.
It should be reminded that in line with the procedures, the document
should contain signicatures of at least 20 deputies from 5 CE
member-states for its adoption by the PACE secretariat.
The draft resolution has been signed by deputies from Turkey, Moldova,
Lithuania, Germany and Italy.
The document states the failure of the elections in Armenia to meet
the norms and principles of international law and commitments before
the Council of Europe.
The draft resolution says that the arrangement of voting for President
of Armenia in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan affects the negotiation
process, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group.
Moreover, the documents says that in order to distract attention of the
world society from the domestic situation, the Armenian authorities
provoked tensions on the front line and attacked positions of the
Azerbaijani army and civilians, residing in the front line villages.
The document also points at the aggressive announcements of Serzh
Sarkissyan during the election campaign and the inauguration speech
and discussions in the Armenian parliament, where an issue of the
need to settle the occupied lands of Azerbaijan was raised.
It should be noted that after the draft resolution is adopted by the
Secretariat, the document will be discussed in the Bureau and other
structures of the Council of Europe.