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Secretary General of Council of Europe calls on to prevent further violations
12:48 10/08/2014 >> REGION
In response to the question of the correspondent of Panorama.am on
recent casualties along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line
of Contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, Mr. Daniel
Holtgen, Spokesperson for the Secretary General of the Council of
Europe, told that the Council of Europe and Secretary General Jagland
call on all sides to do everything they can to prevent violence and
further victims. " Mr. Jagland expresses his sympathy to the friends
and families of all victims of recent clashes and he really appeals on
both sides to refrain from further violence," Daniel Holtgen said.
Speaking about the planned meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents in Sochi on 10 August, Daniel Holtgen said that Mr. Jagland
expresses his hope that this meeting will come forward with a positive
outcome and that escalation of violence can be avoided. "We will be
looking forward to the meeting tomorrow and will be examining and
assessing what the meeting will bring. It's already good thing that
the presidents of two countries are meeting and we hope very much that
there will be some positive outcome," Daniel Holtgen told Panorama.am.
On the question about the recent crackdowns on human rights defenders
and civil society representatives in Azerbaijan Mr. Holtgen said that
the Council of Europe expresses its concern whenever human rights
defenders are being restricted and referred to the recent statement of
Mr. Jagland on the prosecution of Leyla Yunus and her partner.
Source: Panorama.am
12:48 10/08/2014 >> REGION
In response to the question of the correspondent of Panorama.am on
recent casualties along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line
of Contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, Mr. Daniel
Holtgen, Spokesperson for the Secretary General of the Council of
Europe, told that the Council of Europe and Secretary General Jagland
call on all sides to do everything they can to prevent violence and
further victims. " Mr. Jagland expresses his sympathy to the friends
and families of all victims of recent clashes and he really appeals on
both sides to refrain from further violence," Daniel Holtgen said.
Speaking about the planned meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents in Sochi on 10 August, Daniel Holtgen said that Mr. Jagland
expresses his hope that this meeting will come forward with a positive
outcome and that escalation of violence can be avoided. "We will be
looking forward to the meeting tomorrow and will be examining and
assessing what the meeting will bring. It's already good thing that
the presidents of two countries are meeting and we hope very much that
there will be some positive outcome," Daniel Holtgen told Panorama.am.
On the question about the recent crackdowns on human rights defenders
and civil society representatives in Azerbaijan Mr. Holtgen said that
the Council of Europe expresses its concern whenever human rights
defenders are being restricted and referred to the recent statement of
Mr. Jagland on the prosecution of Leyla Yunus and her partner.
Source: Panorama.am