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PACE to adopt new format on Karabakh settlement - Armenian official
14:02 - 27.05.13
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's (PACE) former
Sub-Committee on Nagorno-Karabakh will be replaced by a new format,
implying a different working style rather than an organization of
individuals, says the Armenian delegation's chief.
`I have said repeatedly that [PACE President] Jean-Claude Mignon is
searching a format towards building confidence between the [Armenian
and Azerbaijani] delegations,' David Harutyunyan told Tert.am, adding
that he has already had several meetings with his Azerbaijani
counterpart at the Assembly.
Harutyunyan said further that extended meetings between the Armenian
and Azerbaijani delegations are also among the agenda issues.
The subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh officially suspended its mission
in January 2012.
Armenia considered the plan of creating such a sub-committee a Turkish
project, a fact that was persistently being denied by the Assembly's
former Mevlut Chavushoglu (who is an ethnic Azerbaijani).
The committee's activities met strong protests by the Armenian
delegates who were able to sigh with relief only after the Assembly
closed the chapter on its mission.
It is noteworthy that the Armenian delegation's distrust stemmed from
the concerns that the PACE mandate might serve as a platform for the
Karabakh conflict settlement.
Asked whether there aren't any objections to the new trend,
Harutyunyan answered in the negative. `Our objections, which really
existed, played their role,' he noted.
Armenian News - Tert.am
14:02 - 27.05.13
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's (PACE) former
Sub-Committee on Nagorno-Karabakh will be replaced by a new format,
implying a different working style rather than an organization of
individuals, says the Armenian delegation's chief.
`I have said repeatedly that [PACE President] Jean-Claude Mignon is
searching a format towards building confidence between the [Armenian
and Azerbaijani] delegations,' David Harutyunyan told Tert.am, adding
that he has already had several meetings with his Azerbaijani
counterpart at the Assembly.
Harutyunyan said further that extended meetings between the Armenian
and Azerbaijani delegations are also among the agenda issues.
The subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh officially suspended its mission
in January 2012.
Armenia considered the plan of creating such a sub-committee a Turkish
project, a fact that was persistently being denied by the Assembly's
former Mevlut Chavushoglu (who is an ethnic Azerbaijani).
The committee's activities met strong protests by the Armenian
delegates who were able to sigh with relief only after the Assembly
closed the chapter on its mission.
It is noteworthy that the Armenian delegation's distrust stemmed from
the concerns that the PACE mandate might serve as a platform for the
Karabakh conflict settlement.
Asked whether there aren't any objections to the new trend,
Harutyunyan answered in the negative. `Our objections, which really
existed, played their role,' he noted.
Armenian News - Tert.am