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BRASSEUR QUERIES ARMENIA MOTION AS AZERBAIJAN TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN STRASBOURG
Virtual Press Office
June 24 2014
STRASBOURG, France, June 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
Anne Brasseur, says a procedural hitch could stall a motion for
sanctions against Armenia over its occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh
and surrounding territories.
Speaking at the start of the PACE summer session in Strasbourg she
said the motion, which seeks to suspend Armenia's voting rights just
as Russia recently lost its voting rights over Crimea, did not follow
the rules.
"We have a motion tabled by Mr. Suleymanov from Azerbaijan in order
to take sanctions against Armenia," she said.
"This motion has not been tabled according to the rules because it
does not challenge (Armenia's) credentials," she added, pointing out
it will now be referred to Friday's Bureau meeting.
Her remarks left the motion's sponsor, Azerbaijani MP and PACE delegate
Elkhan Suleymanov, disappointed but defiant.
"We received 58 signatures from 14 countries in support of this motion
and if we need to work through a procedural issue in order to get it
heard, then we will do so," he said.
Later the PACE session was addressed by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammadyarov who now chairs the PACE Committee of Ministers.
He reaffirmed the Committee's - and his nation's - commitment
to finding peace in Ukraine, which he said highlights the often
conflicting issues of self-determination and territorial integrity.
Throughout Europe, he said, self-determination works within existing
boundaries and above all the legal principle of territorial integrity
must remain intact. This is the case for both Ukraine's Crimea and
Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh.
"It's a must in Azerbaijan that there should not be any confusion
that territorial integrity was a subject for negotiation. Never ever,"
he told the assembly.
"You can recognise that self-determination does not mean a violation
of territorial integrity."
Mammadyarov dedicated his nation's chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers to the issues of human rights, fighting corruption and a
reassessment of European neighbourhood policy.
SOURCE Azerbaijan Monitor
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Virtual Press Office
June 24 2014
STRASBOURG, France, June 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
Anne Brasseur, says a procedural hitch could stall a motion for
sanctions against Armenia over its occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh
and surrounding territories.
Speaking at the start of the PACE summer session in Strasbourg she
said the motion, which seeks to suspend Armenia's voting rights just
as Russia recently lost its voting rights over Crimea, did not follow
the rules.
"We have a motion tabled by Mr. Suleymanov from Azerbaijan in order
to take sanctions against Armenia," she said.
"This motion has not been tabled according to the rules because it
does not challenge (Armenia's) credentials," she added, pointing out
it will now be referred to Friday's Bureau meeting.
Her remarks left the motion's sponsor, Azerbaijani MP and PACE delegate
Elkhan Suleymanov, disappointed but defiant.
"We received 58 signatures from 14 countries in support of this motion
and if we need to work through a procedural issue in order to get it
heard, then we will do so," he said.
Later the PACE session was addressed by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammadyarov who now chairs the PACE Committee of Ministers.
He reaffirmed the Committee's - and his nation's - commitment
to finding peace in Ukraine, which he said highlights the often
conflicting issues of self-determination and territorial integrity.
Throughout Europe, he said, self-determination works within existing
boundaries and above all the legal principle of territorial integrity
must remain intact. This is the case for both Ukraine's Crimea and
Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh.
"It's a must in Azerbaijan that there should not be any confusion
that territorial integrity was a subject for negotiation. Never ever,"
he told the assembly.
"You can recognise that self-determination does not mean a violation
of territorial integrity."
Mammadyarov dedicated his nation's chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers to the issues of human rights, fighting corruption and a
reassessment of European neighbourhood policy.
SOURCE Azerbaijan Monitor
http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=1657256& fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId= &sInfo=