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HOW GREEK PARLIAMENTARIAN IN PACE ANGERED ARMENIANS - GREEK MEDIA
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13:13 15/10/2014 >> MISCELLANEOUS
Mignatiou.com Greek news website has published an article about the
activities of Greek parliamentarian in the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE), ex-Foreign Minister of Greece
Dora Bakoyannis. The article is titled “How Dora Angered
Armenians.”
The article notes that Dora Bakoyannis delivered a blow to
Armenian-Greek relations by supporting the Azerbaijani motion on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the PACE.
It became known that there has been a political clash in the
PACE between Dora Bakoyannis and veteran lawmaker Andreas Gross
(Switzerland) when the latter raised a question about Bakoyannis’
honesty and ethics and said that she is on close terms with Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev and has held a dinner in his honor.
Bakoyannis justified herself by saying that she invited Aliyev to
dinner as chairwoman of the Greek Olympic Committee.
Mignatiou website says, citing an article posted on Panorama.am:
“The relationship of Dora Bakoyannis and Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev has oligarchic interests, and the Armenian website
Panorama.am claims that one of the reasons why Bakoyannis initiated the
resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh is that she wants to get Aliyev’s
support for becoming European Commissioner for Energy.”
The article says that the issue of Dora Bakoyannis was even discussed
at the highest level, during the visit of Greek President Karolos
Papoulias to Yerevan. In response to the Armenian side’s
concerns over Bakoyannis, President Papoulias said Greece has a
clear position on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and the approach of
Ms Bakoyannis does not reflect the position of the Greek government,
according to the article.
As was reported earlier, during the summer session of the PACE, two
draft resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were combined
and the PACE Bureau decided to send the draft resolutions to the
PACE Political Affairs Committee for preparation of a report titled
“Escalation of Violence in Nagorno- Karabakh and Other Occupied
Territories of Azerbaijan.” At the autumn session the PACE
approved the Bureau’s decision, with Robert Walter of the UK
being appointed rapporteur.
Related: Azerbaijani caviar occupies PACE: Assembly to draft report
on Karabakh
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/10/15/mignatiou/
[ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]
13:13 15/10/2014 >> MISCELLANEOUS
Mignatiou.com Greek news website has published an article about the
activities of Greek parliamentarian in the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE), ex-Foreign Minister of Greece
Dora Bakoyannis. The article is titled “How Dora Angered
Armenians.”
The article notes that Dora Bakoyannis delivered a blow to
Armenian-Greek relations by supporting the Azerbaijani motion on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the PACE.
It became known that there has been a political clash in the
PACE between Dora Bakoyannis and veteran lawmaker Andreas Gross
(Switzerland) when the latter raised a question about Bakoyannis’
honesty and ethics and said that she is on close terms with Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev and has held a dinner in his honor.
Bakoyannis justified herself by saying that she invited Aliyev to
dinner as chairwoman of the Greek Olympic Committee.
Mignatiou website says, citing an article posted on Panorama.am:
“The relationship of Dora Bakoyannis and Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev has oligarchic interests, and the Armenian website
Panorama.am claims that one of the reasons why Bakoyannis initiated the
resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh is that she wants to get Aliyev’s
support for becoming European Commissioner for Energy.”
The article says that the issue of Dora Bakoyannis was even discussed
at the highest level, during the visit of Greek President Karolos
Papoulias to Yerevan. In response to the Armenian side’s
concerns over Bakoyannis, President Papoulias said Greece has a
clear position on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and the approach of
Ms Bakoyannis does not reflect the position of the Greek government,
according to the article.
As was reported earlier, during the summer session of the PACE, two
draft resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were combined
and the PACE Bureau decided to send the draft resolutions to the
PACE Political Affairs Committee for preparation of a report titled
“Escalation of Violence in Nagorno- Karabakh and Other Occupied
Territories of Azerbaijan.” At the autumn session the PACE
approved the Bureau’s decision, with Robert Walter of the UK
being appointed rapporteur.
Related: Azerbaijani caviar occupies PACE: Assembly to draft report
on Karabakh
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/10/15/mignatiou/