THE POINT OF PACE RESOLUTION ON AZERBAIJAN SAYING THAT NO DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN AZERBAIJAN WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF ITS TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IS DEFEAT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

ArmInfo
2008-07-02 18:42:00

The point of PACE resolution on Azerbaijan saying that no democratic
development is possible in Azerbaijan without the resolution of the
problem of its territorial integrity is defeat of the Council of
Europe, the member of the Armenian delegation to PACE Avet Adonts
said during a press-conference today.

To remind, during its summer session PACE declined the amendment
of the Armenian delegates to the paragraph of PACE’s report on
Azerbaijan concerning Nagorno-Karabakh. The paragraph was suggested
by the Azeri delegates and said that PACE supported Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity and demanded that Armenian armed forces should
be withdrawn from the "occupied territories."

Linking democracy with other factors is contrary to the CE’s
regulations.

"We said that during the session and almost everybody agreed with us.

Unfortunately, the paragraph was approved on the insistence of the
rapporteur."

The head of the Armenian delegation to PACE David Haroutyunyan
said that this paragraph was unacceptable to Armenia and that
the adoption of the resolution had political implications. "The
problem of Russian-Georgian relations played a big role in this,"
Haroutyunyan said.