ODETTE BAZIL: CAVUSOGLU HAS ACTED AGAINST INTERESTS AND DECISIONS OF PACE

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 19, 2010 – 19:18 AMT 14:18 GMT

It is inadmissible and is a serious breach of diplomatic protocol
that Mr Mevlut Cavusoglu, chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE), while representing PACE on an
official visit to Armenia, has taken the liberty to act as a Turkish
parliamentarian driven by his hatred towards the Host Country,
rather than a responsible chairman lucky to have the rare opportunity
to represent such influential and important organisation, British
publicist Odette Bazil stated.

As she emphasized in a letter addressed to PanARMENIAN.Net "If a
Turkish national has been chosen to represent a European Organisation
(despite the fact that Turkey is not a member of the European Union
and might never be) then that person should understand his obligation
to serve only the organisation he represents and not his own personal
denialistic feelings."

"The European Parliament has – repeatedly and formally – recognised the
veracity of the Armenian Genocide and Statements have been issued to
that effect in 1987, 2000, 2002 and 2005. The actions of a chairman,
while officially representing an organisation, reflect on the stand
and resolution adopted by that organisation: by refusing to visit the
Memorial Monument erected in Armenia to the memory of the one and half
million victims of the Armenian Genocide – a genocide perpetrated
by the Ottoman government of 1915 and formally recognised by the
organisation he represents – Mr Cavusoglu has acted for Turkey’s
interest and against the interests and decisions of PACE."

"Mr Cavusoglu must be recalled and replaced the soonest possible –
before October when he intends to re-visit and re-insult Armenia,"
Odette Bazil stressed in her letter.
From: Baghdasarian