US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland played a special role in disapproval of the resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh by PACE, pro-Armenian US Congressman Adam Schiff said in an exclusive interview with Asbarez Editor Ara Khachatourian for Horizon Live.
“I spoke with the State Department official and one of our ambassadors to the region, raised my concern with this pro-Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani-narrative resolution before the discussion to express my strong opposition. Both Victoria Nuland and the ambassador said they would work against this,” he said.
The congressman said the resolution was rejected through such efforts. “There was a second resolution dealing with water and it passed. However, the most destructive was defeated,” he added.
The draft resolution by Robert Walter on “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” was tabled on January 26, during the PACE winter session. The document was rejected by 66 votes to 70, with 45 abstentions.
On Jan.26, PACE adopted the report titled “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water" prepared by Milica Markovic.
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs made a statement of protest before the discussion of the resolution titled “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” in PACE.
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