PACE CHAIRMAN: "CE RULES OUT ARMED WAY OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT"
Today.Az
July 24 2008
Azerbaijan
PACE chairman Luis Maria de Puig announced that the Council of Europe
sees the resolution of the Karabakh problem in the framework of
international law and only peacefully, ruling out any armed resolution.
"PACE recognizes the principle of territorial integrity of the
countries and nations right for self-determination", said Luis Maria
de Puig Tuesday in Yerevan during the meeting with the Armenian
delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly.
According to the public relations department of the National Assembly
of the country, de Puig said though the Council of Europe did not
play a great role in the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict but
in case of the need it may contribute to organization of a dialogue
in the parliamentary frames.
The PACE chairman considers it necessary to assist to the activity of
the OSCE Minsk Group on the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
which makes great effort in this direction, according to him.
In turn, member of the Armenian delegation in PACE Avet Adonts,
speaking about the recent PACE resolution, in line with which
democratic development is difficult without resolution of the issues
of the territorial integrity of the state, noted that it creates
reservation for the development of democratic processes for any
country, especially, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Georgia.
"At the same time, Armenia, which has been isolated since 1991, does
not present any preconditions for conduction of democratic processes",
noted Adonts, calling it a demonstration of double standards.
Arutyunyan called to assist the Minsk Group and voiced surprise that
the press release, posted at the CE website due to Puig’s visit to
Baku, contains a formulation, according to which "it is necessary to
find solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict on the basis of the
principle of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan only peacefully".
According to Arutyunyan, this formulation threats the peace process.
In this connection, Puig said he is responsible for his words and not
formulations, attributed to him by mass medias, which do not reflect
the reality.
According to the PACE chairman, he said that "the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe recognizes principle of territorial
integrity of states and national right for self-determination".