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PACE NOT PLATFORM FOR KARABAKH PEACE TALKS - ARMENIAN MP
June 27, 2013 | 13:12
Armenia's and Azerbaijan's PACE delegations met along the lines of
the summer session of the organization.
Naira Zohrabyan-Prosperous Armenia Party National Assembly Faction
Secretary, and member of the Armenian delegation to PACE (i.e., the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)-told the aforesaid
to Armenian News-NEWS.am. She added, however, that an agreement was
reached not to disclose the details of this talk.
"[But] we ruled out the discussion of matters that are under the
competence of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. In other words, it
was clear that PACE had no mandate to discuss the settlement of the
[Nagorno-]Karabakh conflict," she said.
Zohrabyan informed that the Armenian delegation proposed to examine
matters whose discussion is acceptable within the OSCE format.
"Specifically, the issues referred to Azerbaijan's preaching of enmity
and xenophobia, and the formation of a climate of trust. Those matters,
which the OSCE Minsk Group is engaged in, should not be discussed in
this [i.e., PACE] platform. Any such discussion will bring us to an
impasse," Naira Zohrabyan concluded.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
June 27, 2013 | 13:12
Armenia's and Azerbaijan's PACE delegations met along the lines of
the summer session of the organization.
Naira Zohrabyan-Prosperous Armenia Party National Assembly Faction
Secretary, and member of the Armenian delegation to PACE (i.e., the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)-told the aforesaid
to Armenian News-NEWS.am. She added, however, that an agreement was
reached not to disclose the details of this talk.
"[But] we ruled out the discussion of matters that are under the
competence of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. In other words, it
was clear that PACE had no mandate to discuss the settlement of the
[Nagorno-]Karabakh conflict," she said.
Zohrabyan informed that the Armenian delegation proposed to examine
matters whose discussion is acceptable within the OSCE format.
"Specifically, the issues referred to Azerbaijan's preaching of enmity
and xenophobia, and the formation of a climate of trust. Those matters,
which the OSCE Minsk Group is engaged in, should not be discussed in
this [i.e., PACE] platform. Any such discussion will bring us to an
impasse," Naira Zohrabyan concluded.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am