Council Of Europe Head Says Karabakh Conflict To Be Settled Peaceful
July 25, 2008 15:12:51
COUNCIL OF EUROPE HEAD SAYS KARABAKH CONFLICT TO BE SETTLED PEACEFULLY
ArmInfo News Agency in Russian July 24 2008 Armenia
The Council of Europe sees settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict in the framework of international law and exclusively in a peaceful way, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE], Lluis Maria de Puig, has said at a meeting with the Armenian delegation to the Assembly.
The PACE's president said that he recognizes both the principle of the territorial integrity of states and the right of nations for self-determination. "Notwithstanding that the Council of Europe did not play an essential role in the settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, it can, upon necessity, make its contribution to organize a dialogue at the level of meetings between MPs of the two countries," the PACE's president said. He added that he considers it necessary to provide full assistance to the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group on settlement of the Karabakh conflict, which, as he put, "makes great efforts to this end".
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