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    The Azerbaijani Delegate has Pretty Much Amused the European Representatives

    June 1 2013


    The next plenary session of `Euronest' will be in Yerevan On May 26-30
    the 3rd plenary session of `Euronest' Parliamentary Assembly of the
    Eastern Partnership was held in Brussels, which was attended by the
    Armenian delegation of ten parliamentarians. It's worth to remind that
    the `Euronest' is a platform of comprehensive parliamentary
    cooperation, a structure uniting the European Parliament and
    parliamentary delegations of Eastern Partnership countries joined by
    all the countries of Eastern Partnership, except Belarus. Issues on
    human rights, the economy, energy security, and culture are discussed
    in `Euronest' which brings the countries of Eastern Partnership closer
    to the greater European family. This partnership is expected to
    mitigate the visa regime, as well.

    Yesterday, Hovhannes Sahakyan, delegation member from the Republican
    Party speaking to `Aravot' said that the most important issue that our
    delegates were able to solve during this plenary session is that the
    next plenary session will take place in Armenia in the fall of 2014.
    It is another platform where we can make our voices heard and our
    views raised, which will be attended by about 60 members of the
    European Parliament. We should try to use this platform as efficiently
    as possible.' - said Mr. Sahakyan.

    Usually, the `Euronest' sessions are accompanied by anti-Armenian
    speeches made by Azerbaijani delegation: this session, too, was not an
    exception in this respect. `Azerbaijanis tried to put into circulation
    some problems of Sarsang reservoir, deliberate contamination of water
    resources, some steps contradicting the international conventions, and
    so on, but all of them were both completely taken out from the report,
    and were rejected as separate resolutions because they did not have
    any connection with reality. However, I understand such rhetoric. Upon
    returning to Azerbaijan, they will get Aliyev's whip. The presidential
    elections in Azerbaijan are scheduled in October, and with such
    behavior, probably, they are getting ready for the elections. However,
    any serious anti-Armenian step, a fact, or a case was not observed.
    Everything went very smoothly, and the most important thing is that
    all the members of the Armenian delegation were pleased with the
    results.', - said our interlocutor. According to him, the Armenian
    delegation worked quite unanimously during this session. `Also, in the
    honor to our colleagues representing the opposition, I must say that
    they were introduced there as citizens bearing the values of our state
    and our country by representing the interests of the state of
    Armenia.' The deputy of the Republican Party, in particular, singled
    out the behavior of Vahan Hovhannisyan, the deputy of RA NA ARF
    faction, who, when Azerbaijani delegates were just only making their
    `on duty statements' with verbal remarks, strictly chided saying that
    there are many problems and issues in the Republic of Armenia, with
    which he does not agree, but as a representative of the opposition
    power, has noticed that in comparison with Azerbaijan Armenia is quite
    democratic, the democratic values are rather developed and are
    developing, and the Azerbaijani dictatorship should not be placed on
    the same platform. `Our Parliamentarians were able to represent as
    united citizens of the state, with joint efforts, without moving the
    internal problems to the platform by preventing the tiniest
    harassments against our country,' - said the RP deputy.

    Since this platform, so to speak, is not a platform for political
    debate, from the date of its creation there has been an agreement in
    `Euronest' that it is not a platform for resolving regional conflicts,
    Azerbaijani delegates have only expressed loud complaints that they
    cannot bring their own issues to the field of discussions. Moreover,
    the Azerbaijani delegates appeared in a ridiculous situation, because,
    during the session, the head of Azerbaijani delegation came up with
    suggestions on taking certain points out and adding some other points
    for discussion, which had no connection with the subject under
    discussion. According to the deputy of the Republican Party, it quite
    amused the members of the European Parliament. On this occasion,
    during the talk with `Liberty' radio station, the deputy of ARF party
    Vahan Hovhannisyan has noticed: `Generally, balanced and normal
    documents were adopted. And the most important issue that we had set
    was finally resolved today: the next plenary session of `Euronest'
    Parliamentary Assembly would be held in Yerevan.'


    NELLY GRIGORYAN
    Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/06/01/154623/
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