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    Emil Lazarian
  • 4 years ago
    • Categories: 2021

PACE urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to implement provisions of trilateral statement

Public Radio of Armenia
Jan 26 2021
– Public Radio of Armenia

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) calls on all parties to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to refrain from inflammatory rhetoric hindering political dialogue.

In an annual progress report, PACE calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to implement as soon as possible the provisions of the trilateral statement related to humanitarian issues and urges all parties involved to immediately put in action the exchange of prisoners of war and bodies, to respect cultural heritage.

It invites the Monitoring Committee to explore avenues to contribute at parliamentary level to an atmosphere conducive to the peace process.

The Assembly expresses its serious concern about reports and allegations of violations of humanitarian and human rights law by all sides during this conflict and allegations of degradations to some religious sites and monuments, as well as destruction of private property, and expects these reports to be fully investigated and any violations to be remedied and the perpetrators prosecuted.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS