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AZERBAIJAN URGES PACE TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST ARMENIAN DELEGATION
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
June 23 2014
23 June 2014, 12:17 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijan has called on Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) to impose sanctions against Armenian delegation for
Yerevan's continuous occupation of Azerbaijani territories.
Member of Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE Elkhan Suleymanov
addressed an appeal to PACE President Anne Brasseur, Secretary General
of Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland, PACE Secretary General
of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Wojciech Sawicki,
Members of Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe and the Bureau
of Council of Europe, AzerTag news agency reported.
The appeal said as a consequence of Armenia's armed aggression,
20 percent of Azerbaijani territories, including Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven neighboring regions, were occupied. Meanwhile, over
one million Azerbaijanis became internally displaced due to ethnic
cleansing policy of Armenia in these territories.
Suleymanov noted that the illegal character of the armed occupation
of Azerbaijani territories has been confirmed in various resolutions
and documents issued by the UN Security Council, its General Assembly,
PACE, European Parliament, OSCE, and other international organizations
which call for an immediate and unconditional end of the occupation.
PACE Resolution 1416 (2005) once again reiterates that "the occupation
of foreign territory by a member state constitutes a grave violation
of that state's obligations as a member of the Council of Europe",
demanding unconditional release of the occupied territories.
"Nevertheless, Armenia ignores the resolutions and documents of
international organizations, as well as PACE's resolution calling for
unconditional release of Azerbaijani territories. This proves that
Armenia insists on keeping the territories of neighboring Azerbaijan
under occupation," Suleymanov said.
"Hereby, I put forth a motion for resolution calling for imposing
sanctions against Armenian delegation for Yerevan's armed occupation
of Azerbaijani territories," Suleymanov said.
He also noted that the motion was signed by 58 members of Parliament
representing 14 PACE member states and sent to PACE Secretariat by
e-mail on June 7.
The Secretariat confirmed the receipt of electronic signatures on June
10. According to rules of procedure, the motion for the resolution
was submitted to the Secretary with original 58 signatures.
The appeal said "the draft resolution is an official document of
the Assembly and it will be impossible to block this document with 58
signatures, if it is put into discussion at the meeting of Presidential
Committee and Bureau. However, the Armenian delegation will try to
stop it under different pretexts, ignoring the existing procedures".
"Hereby, I would like to express my gratitude to PACE members, who
signed the motion for resolution submitted under my authorship,"
he said.
"Furthermore, I call on you to prevent any injustice against the motion
for resolution that demands the application of sanctions against
Armenian delegation for its continuous occupation of Azerbaijani
territories, by excluding it from public discussion and preference
of corporate interests of certain forces to the principles of Council
of Europe," Suleymanov said.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s.
Long-standing efforts by U.S., Russian and French mediators have been
largely fruitless so far.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
From: Baghdasarian
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
June 23 2014
23 June 2014, 12:17 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijan has called on Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) to impose sanctions against Armenian delegation for
Yerevan's continuous occupation of Azerbaijani territories.
Member of Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE Elkhan Suleymanov
addressed an appeal to PACE President Anne Brasseur, Secretary General
of Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland, PACE Secretary General
of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Wojciech Sawicki,
Members of Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe and the Bureau
of Council of Europe, AzerTag news agency reported.
The appeal said as a consequence of Armenia's armed aggression,
20 percent of Azerbaijani territories, including Nagorno-Karabakh
region and seven neighboring regions, were occupied. Meanwhile, over
one million Azerbaijanis became internally displaced due to ethnic
cleansing policy of Armenia in these territories.
Suleymanov noted that the illegal character of the armed occupation
of Azerbaijani territories has been confirmed in various resolutions
and documents issued by the UN Security Council, its General Assembly,
PACE, European Parliament, OSCE, and other international organizations
which call for an immediate and unconditional end of the occupation.
PACE Resolution 1416 (2005) once again reiterates that "the occupation
of foreign territory by a member state constitutes a grave violation
of that state's obligations as a member of the Council of Europe",
demanding unconditional release of the occupied territories.
"Nevertheless, Armenia ignores the resolutions and documents of
international organizations, as well as PACE's resolution calling for
unconditional release of Azerbaijani territories. This proves that
Armenia insists on keeping the territories of neighboring Azerbaijan
under occupation," Suleymanov said.
"Hereby, I put forth a motion for resolution calling for imposing
sanctions against Armenian delegation for Yerevan's armed occupation
of Azerbaijani territories," Suleymanov said.
He also noted that the motion was signed by 58 members of Parliament
representing 14 PACE member states and sent to PACE Secretariat by
e-mail on June 7.
The Secretariat confirmed the receipt of electronic signatures on June
10. According to rules of procedure, the motion for the resolution
was submitted to the Secretary with original 58 signatures.
The appeal said "the draft resolution is an official document of
the Assembly and it will be impossible to block this document with 58
signatures, if it is put into discussion at the meeting of Presidential
Committee and Bureau. However, the Armenian delegation will try to
stop it under different pretexts, ignoring the existing procedures".
"Hereby, I would like to express my gratitude to PACE members, who
signed the motion for resolution submitted under my authorship,"
he said.
"Furthermore, I call on you to prevent any injustice against the motion
for resolution that demands the application of sanctions against
Armenian delegation for its continuous occupation of Azerbaijani
territories, by excluding it from public discussion and preference
of corporate interests of certain forces to the principles of Council
of Europe," Suleymanov said.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s.
Long-standing efforts by U.S., Russian and French mediators have been
largely fruitless so far.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
From: Baghdasarian