BAKU: Andreas Gross Denied To Be Co-Rapporteur For Azerbaijan

[Emil Lazarian]

Democratic Azerbaijan
Ïðàî ûáîðà, Azerbaijan
June 30 2006


Andreas Gross Denied To Be Co-Rapporteur For Azerbaijan
30.06.2006

29 June the session of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe was held. Andreas Gross stated that
he denied being co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan. He explained that he
had been working for a long time in this field and he'd to be
co-rapporteur for other country.
Committee Members accepted his request and freed him from the duties
of co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan. Tony Lloyd, a MP from England was
elected to his position.
Chief of Armenian delegation to PACE, Tigran Torosian tried to
present A. Gross's denial of being co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan as a
result of pressure of Swiss MP by our Government.
But Azerbaijani delegation stressed that A. Gross took this step
voluntarily and there were not any talks of pressure. A. Gross was
co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan for ten years. He could not approach to
Azerbaijan from the point of new view and to see progressing changes.