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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
May 13 2013
PACE president hints optimism for settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon (L) and Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek. AA photo
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE), Jean-Claude Mignon, indicated his optimism in settling the
Nagonro-Karabakh dispute, an issue that has disrupted the relations
between Armenia and Azerbaijan for decades, through the term
presidencies of the involved countries.
At a meeting with Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek in Ankara, Mignon
recalled on May 13 that Armenia will begin to chair the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe in a few days.
`This is a term presidency for six months. Right after that Austria's
and then Azerbaijan's term presidency will come. It must be seen as an
absolute opportunity. It must be seen as an opportunity to bring a
solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue together with great countries
in the region, of course primarily with Turkey,' Mignon was quoted as
saying by the Anatolia news agency.
Çiçek, meanwhile, reiterated Ankara's criticism on PACE's referral to
the militants of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as `activists', as
opposed to `terrorists'.
`We expressed discomfort and disappointment due to referring to the
members of an organization as activists that were accepted as
terrorists by the EU and the UN, in an organization we participate as
an active member.'
May/13/2013
From: A. Papazian
May 13 2013
PACE president hints optimism for settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Jean-Claude Mignon (L) and Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek. AA photo
The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE), Jean-Claude Mignon, indicated his optimism in settling the
Nagonro-Karabakh dispute, an issue that has disrupted the relations
between Armenia and Azerbaijan for decades, through the term
presidencies of the involved countries.
At a meeting with Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek in Ankara, Mignon
recalled on May 13 that Armenia will begin to chair the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe in a few days.
`This is a term presidency for six months. Right after that Austria's
and then Azerbaijan's term presidency will come. It must be seen as an
absolute opportunity. It must be seen as an opportunity to bring a
solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue together with great countries
in the region, of course primarily with Turkey,' Mignon was quoted as
saying by the Anatolia news agency.
Çiçek, meanwhile, reiterated Ankara's criticism on PACE's referral to
the militants of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as `activists', as
opposed to `terrorists'.
`We expressed discomfort and disappointment due to referring to the
members of an organization as activists that were accepted as
terrorists by the EU and the UN, in an organization we participate as
an active member.'
May/13/2013
From: A. Papazian