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PACE expectations for Karabakh subcommittee unclear - Armenian President
news.am
June 22, 2011
Armenia
The work of PACE Subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh without involvement
of the Armenian side does not make any sense and is impossible. The
PACE Bureau should have taken this into consideration when it resumed
its operation. PACE's expectations for this subcommittee are unclear
to us, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated at PACE on Tuesday.
"We believe the PACE plays an important role in the region. Its
activities should not hinder the peace process. If it manages to
avoid mutual insults of the Armenia and Azerbaijani delegations at
PACE, it will have a significant impact on the improvement of the
atmosphere in the region," he stated.
The Armenian leader stressed the importance of the OSCE Minsk Group
format led by international mediators.
"Recently we have learnt that the subcommittee suspended its activities
as Lord Russel passed away. That is not true. What a serious issue it
should have raised? It lacks historical memory, it has no notion of
the previous steps and is unable to make a fair decision," Sargsyan
noted. "I do not see a more competent format. I believe the activities
of the subcommittee on Karabakh will be ineffective. For this reason,
I fully support the view of the Armenian delegation at PACE."
As reported earlier, the Armenian delegation refused to participate
in the first session of a sub-committee on Nagorno-Karabakh held
on Monday at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
on June 20. The Armenia delegates stressed that existence of such
sub-committee endangers the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement.
From: Baghdasarian
news.am
June 22, 2011
Armenia
The work of PACE Subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh without involvement
of the Armenian side does not make any sense and is impossible. The
PACE Bureau should have taken this into consideration when it resumed
its operation. PACE's expectations for this subcommittee are unclear
to us, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated at PACE on Tuesday.
"We believe the PACE plays an important role in the region. Its
activities should not hinder the peace process. If it manages to
avoid mutual insults of the Armenia and Azerbaijani delegations at
PACE, it will have a significant impact on the improvement of the
atmosphere in the region," he stated.
The Armenian leader stressed the importance of the OSCE Minsk Group
format led by international mediators.
"Recently we have learnt that the subcommittee suspended its activities
as Lord Russel passed away. That is not true. What a serious issue it
should have raised? It lacks historical memory, it has no notion of
the previous steps and is unable to make a fair decision," Sargsyan
noted. "I do not see a more competent format. I believe the activities
of the subcommittee on Karabakh will be ineffective. For this reason,
I fully support the view of the Armenian delegation at PACE."
As reported earlier, the Armenian delegation refused to participate
in the first session of a sub-committee on Nagorno-Karabakh held
on Monday at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
on June 20. The Armenia delegates stressed that existence of such
sub-committee endangers the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement.
From: Baghdasarian