HUMANITARIAN FACTOR ESSENTIAL IN ISSUE ON MISSING PEOPLE IN S CAUCASUS- PACE CO-RAPPORTEUR
Author: R.Abdullayev
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
June 8 2006
The humanitarian, but not the political factor, dominates in the
issue concerning the missing people in the South Caucasus countries,
Leo Platvoed, the Dutch MP, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteur on the missing people in South Caucasus
countries, stated in Baku on Tuesday evening, Trend reports.
According to Platvoed, the key objective of the visit is to design
an overhaul document reflecting the true situation both in Armenia
and Azerbaijan. The details of the forthcoming report will be
discussed with Azerbaijani officials, relatives of the missing people,
representatives of the International Committee of Red Cross, different
state bodies and Azerbaijani parliamentary representatives to the PACE.
At the same time he refuted the Armenian media reports on the statement
as though made in Yerevan on the necessity of cooperation between
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh on the issue of missing
people. “My ideas were interrupted in the wrong way. I actually meant
to avoid the political aspect of the question and unify the efforts
for rapid resolution of the problem with the missing people,” he said.
Platvoed noted that he was unaware with the intention of the PACE
co-rapporteurs Andreas Gross and Andreas Herkel in include in
their report the result of the re-run parliamentary elections in
Azerbaijan. “Nevertheless, I am glad that the co-rapporteurs took
into consideration my recommendations,” he underscored.