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MevlÃ¼t Ã‡avusoglu: â€œPACE Bureau will restore the activity of subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh and elect the committeeâ€™s chairmanâ€

24 January 2011 12:21 (UTC +04:00)

Strasbourg. Fouad Gulubeyli â€“ APA. â€œWe purpose to restore the activity of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh. In 2005, PACE adopted resolution 1416 on the conflict. We purpose to fulfill this resolution within the framework of the subcommittee. PACE Bureau clearly expressed its idea about thatâ€, said Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President MevlÃ¼t Ã‡avusoglu at the press conference before the PACE winter session, APA European bureau reports. He reminded that the subcommittee stopped its activity after the death of its chairman. â€œLast year I met with the members of delegations of both countries to PACE and later we had series of meetings during the sessions. We achieved agreement in the last session to extend format of the meeting and that there will be opposition member in both delegations. We decided to submit the issue to the Bureau. It will discuss the issue in its plenary session on Friday. The Bureau will make decision on restoration of the activity of subcommittee and elect its chairman. The subcommittee will restore its activity within the authorities of previous subcommitteeâ€.

MevlÃ¼t Ã‡avuÅŸoÄŸlu underlined that unfortunately some political leaders in Armenia say this issue is the personal project of PACE President.
â€œThis is a wrong opinion. I clarified the issue during my official visit to Armenia. This is not a personal project, but the decision passed by PACE. PACE President has the commitment to submit this issue to the Bureau. This is my duty as PACE President. The issue will be discussed at the meeting of the Bureau on Friday. Candidates for the post of chairman of subcommittee have not been put forward yet. I informed the heads of the political groups at the PACE about it and consider that the Bureau will elect a new, unbiased chairman for the subcommittee,â€ he said.