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    Secretary General of Council of Europe calls on to prevent further violations

    12:48 10/08/2014 >> REGION



    In response to the question of the correspondent of Panorama.am on
    recent casualties along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the Line
    of Contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, Mr. Daniel
    Holtgen, Spokesperson for the Secretary General of the Council of
    Europe, told that the Council of Europe and Secretary General Jagland
    call on all sides to do everything they can to prevent violence and
    further victims. " Mr. Jagland expresses his sympathy to the friends
    and families of all victims of recent clashes and he really appeals on
    both sides to refrain from further violence," Daniel Holtgen said.

    Speaking about the planned meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
    presidents in Sochi on 10 August, Daniel Holtgen said that Mr. Jagland
    expresses his hope that this meeting will come forward with a positive
    outcome and that escalation of violence can be avoided. "We will be
    looking forward to the meeting tomorrow and will be examining and
    assessing what the meeting will bring. It's already good thing that
    the presidents of two countries are meeting and we hope very much that
    there will be some positive outcome," Daniel Holtgen told Panorama.am.

    On the question about the recent crackdowns on human rights defenders
    and civil society representatives in Azerbaijan Mr. Holtgen said that
    the Council of Europe expresses its concern whenever human rights
    defenders are being restricted and referred to the recent statement of
    Mr. Jagland on the prosecution of Leyla Yunus and her partner.


    Source: Panorama.am

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