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PACE PRESIDENT MEETS ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER
ITAR-TASS, Russia
June 3, 2013 Monday 11:35 PM GMT+4
- PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon has wished the Armenian
Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers a
success during meetings in Yerevan with Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian and President Serzh Sargsyan.
"I am entirely at your disposition to make it so," the President said.
Also discussed were the situation in the South Caucasus and the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "I again stressed my wish not to interfere
in any way with the work of the Minsk Group, whose action I fully
support," he added.
"The Parliamentary Assembly shares and supports the priorities of
the Armenian Chairmanship, which are fully in keeping with our main
lines of action," Mignon said earlier, citing in particular action to
prevent racism, xenophobia and extremism in general, and the promotion
of intercultural dialogue.
"The Armenian Chairmanship and the subsequent Azerbaijani Chairmanship
in 12 months' time present a unique opportunity for both countries,
and for the Council of Europe, to strengthen pan-European co-operation
and respect for our values, notably by stepping up the search for
solutions to 'frozen conflicts', and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
in particular," he said. "As parliamentarians and PACE members, we
have a duty to promote political reconciliation and dialogue between
elected representatives through parliamentary diplomacy," he concluded.
"The search for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
is a commitment taken by Armenia and by Azerbaijan upon their accession
to the Council of Europe. In this context, we express our full support
to the negotiations within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, on
the basis of the 'Madrid principles' which establish a framework for
resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Standing Committee of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said in a statement
on the occasion of its meeting in Yerevan on May 31.
"The Assembly urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to seize the opportunity
offered by their respective chairmanships of the Committee of Ministers
of the Council of Europe, to promote reconciliation between these
two member states and their populations, as well as to intensify the
search, in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, for a solution
to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This should be reflected in the
respective priorities of these two chairmanships," it said.
The Assembly reiterated its readiness "to do everything it can,
through parliamentary diplomacy, to facilitate dialogue and establish
a climate of trust between parliamentarians from both member States."
From: Baghdasarian
ITAR-TASS, Russia
June 3, 2013 Monday 11:35 PM GMT+4
- PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon has wished the Armenian
Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers a
success during meetings in Yerevan with Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian and President Serzh Sargsyan.
"I am entirely at your disposition to make it so," the President said.
Also discussed were the situation in the South Caucasus and the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "I again stressed my wish not to interfere
in any way with the work of the Minsk Group, whose action I fully
support," he added.
"The Parliamentary Assembly shares and supports the priorities of
the Armenian Chairmanship, which are fully in keeping with our main
lines of action," Mignon said earlier, citing in particular action to
prevent racism, xenophobia and extremism in general, and the promotion
of intercultural dialogue.
"The Armenian Chairmanship and the subsequent Azerbaijani Chairmanship
in 12 months' time present a unique opportunity for both countries,
and for the Council of Europe, to strengthen pan-European co-operation
and respect for our values, notably by stepping up the search for
solutions to 'frozen conflicts', and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
in particular," he said. "As parliamentarians and PACE members, we
have a duty to promote political reconciliation and dialogue between
elected representatives through parliamentary diplomacy," he concluded.
"The search for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
is a commitment taken by Armenia and by Azerbaijan upon their accession
to the Council of Europe. In this context, we express our full support
to the negotiations within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, on
the basis of the 'Madrid principles' which establish a framework for
resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Standing Committee of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said in a statement
on the occasion of its meeting in Yerevan on May 31.
"The Assembly urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to seize the opportunity
offered by their respective chairmanships of the Committee of Ministers
of the Council of Europe, to promote reconciliation between these
two member states and their populations, as well as to intensify the
search, in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, for a solution
to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This should be reflected in the
respective priorities of these two chairmanships," it said.
The Assembly reiterated its readiness "to do everything it can,
through parliamentary diplomacy, to facilitate dialogue and establish
a climate of trust between parliamentarians from both member States."
From: Baghdasarian