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Mevlut Chavushoglu: â€œArmenians could at least apologize to me for their unfair and preconceived positionâ€

23 January 2012 12:49 (UTC +04:00)

Strasbourg. Fuad Gulubeyli â€“ APA. Within the PACE winter session President of the PACE Mevlut Chavushoglu held his last press conference in this post. APAâ€™s European bureau reports that speaking about his two-year activity in this position, Mevlut Chavushoglu spoke about the carried out works. Chairman of the PACE said that he mostly focused attention on the parliamentary diplomacy. He also underlined that Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh was revived.

â€œUnfortunately our Armenians friends donâ€™t tell the truth. The organization of Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh is the independent decision of the Assembly and its Bureau accepted this decision unanimously. I havenâ€™t voted on this issue. My work is to ensure the fulfillment of the decisions made by the Bureau. That is not my own decision. Consequently I must say that Armenian press doesnâ€™t tell the truth. It is not right to say that it was initiated by me because of my Turkish origin. The subcommittee existed before my presidency and chaired by deceased Rassel Johnston. The Bureau decided to re-establish this subcommittee. New chairman and members of the Subcommittee were elected. The chairman of the subcommittee presented his report on their recent activity at our Bureau meeting. Some people including Armenian representatives showed unfair and preconceived positions against me. They could apologize to me for it. Now the Bureau must make a decision on the subcommitteeâ€™s future activityâ€.