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Movlut Chavushoglu: â€œProbably I will make my first visit to Azerbaijanâ€

09 December 2009 08:18 (UTC +04:00)

Movlut Chavushoglu, Chief Delegate of Turkey in PACE, has recently been nominated for PACE Presidency on behalf of the European Democrat Group.

Since December 7th Chavushoglu was in Turkeyâ€™s Prime-minister Erdoganâ€™s delegation. Speaking to APAâ€™s Washington DC correspondent, Turkish parliamentary stated that if he â€œwill be selected to CoE president position, he will be paying a special attention to the frozen conflicts in the regionâ€.

â€œProbably I will make my first visit to Azerbaijanâ€, - he added. Chavushoglu pointed out that the Council of Europe didnâ€™t address the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh the way it should, while there were serious human rights violations in this region.

Chavushoglu also mentioned that one of his targets will also be the more open integration of the regionâ€™s countries into Europe:

â€œAzerbaijan is one of the most active members of the CoE, the European values are now spread wide abroad Europe. If I become the president of CoE, I will do more work in that sphereâ€.

Turkish parliamentary also stated that after his nomination he felt special attention and support from his Azerbaijanis counterparts.