Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
 Friday


PACE prevents creation of separate group involving Turks and Azerbaijanis


YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. One of the Italian delegates at the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) wanted to
establish a joint group of Turks and Azerbaijanis, however, the PACE
bureau made a decision to postpone that process with 4 votes in favor
and 11 against, Arpine Hovhannisyan – head of Armenia’s delegation to
PACE, PACE Vice-President, told Armenpress.

“The overwhelming majority in Free Democrats group were Turks and
Azerbaijanis, as well as the author of report over Sarsang reservoir
submitted to the PACE, member of the Parliament of Bosnia and
Herzegovina Milica Marković. They obviously wanted to create that
group to gather some people under it, however, a decision was made to
postpone it for two reasons. They firstly said it was created from
June 1, whereas at that time 17 members were members of other
political group. Secondly, they also accused in

On June 26 the PACE summer session kicked off in Strasbourg.