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PACE President Jean Claude Mignon: â€œI always opposed the establishment of Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh and donâ€™t change my opinionâ€

25 June 2012 12:24 (UTC +04:00)

I will discuss with them the state of Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh and the decisions we will adopt will be sent to PACE Bureau for approvalâ€, said PACE President Jean Claude Mignon at the press conference within the organizationâ€™s summer session.

â€œI wouldnâ€™t like to speak on behalf of the Bureau, my personal opinion on this issue is that I didnâ€™t support the activity of the abovementioned Subcommittee in the Assembly, because the Minsk Group is engaged in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and certain work is carried out in this direction. I would trust in the Minsk Groupâ€™s activity in the settlement of this conflict. In my opinion, the Minsk Group must work more effectively, but I donâ€™t see a necessity in establishing different institutions for the solution of one problem, because the activity of several organizations toward the conflict solution can cause confusion. Irrespective of our trust in the Minsk Groupâ€™s activity, this organization is engaged in the settlement of this conflict today. As for me, I opposed the establishment of Subcommittee and I havenâ€™t changed my position on this issue. But I say once again, it is my personal opinion and it is a position of neither the Assemblyâ€™s Bureau nor the PACE. If the bureau adopts a decision differing from my position, as PACE president, I will respect this decision and work for its realizationâ€.