Samad Seyidov: PACE has decided to activate the Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh

PACE President Lluís Maria de Puig said the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict were going on.
“PACE President said there a Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh and asked whether there was a need to include actively this issue into the agenda. I made a detailed speech and said Nagorno Karabakh problem should always be on the agenda of the Council of Europe. The more this issue is discussed not only in the Subcommittee, but also in the committee on conflicts, political affairs committee, monitoring committee, PACE’s plenary meetings, the more it is important for us. I think the Bureau members agreed with me that Nagorno Karabakh issue should be activated and approached delicately, as the negotiations continue. We are not the organization replacing the Minsk Group, Minsk Group is doing its work, we should exchange views in the Council of Europe on Nagorno Karabakh problem, include objective facts into the agenda and raise awareness,” he said.

The parliamentarian said most members of the Bureau had expressed their views on the issue and a common decision had been passed in the end.
“Though the decision has not been written on paper, it says that the work of the Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh should be activated, the issue should be discussed again in the January session. It was also discussed how the Council of Europe might deal with this issue and the implementation of the resolution on Nagorno Karabakh,” he said.

To the question “Was the election of the new chairman of the Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh discussed?” Samad Seyidov said PACE President supervises the committee.
“The activation of the issue means that it will be discussed again in the January session. The question is the activation of the committee, discussion of the issue in other committees, rather than the election of the chairman,” he said.

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