Foreign

Home page

Foreign

Movlud Cavushoglu: â€œIf human rights are too important for PACE, why doesnâ€™t it focus attention on the issue of occupation of Azerbaijani territories and the Khojali genocide?â€

05 October 2012 10:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Member of Turkish delegation in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, former chairman of the PACE Movlud Cavushoglu spoke on Syria-Turkey relations and demanded the Ramil Safarov Case to be submitted for the discussion in PACE, APA reports.

Movlud Cavushoglu said: â€œIf human rights are important for PACE, why doesnâ€™t it focus attention on the occupation of Azerbaijani territory, Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the Khojali genocide? â€œThis fact shows that the PACE approach towards these issues is of the double characterâ€.

M. Cavushoglu underlined that the violence committed by Bashar Al-Assad regime against his own citizens. He said that Turkey doesnâ€™t want a war with Syria: â€œTurkey was bombed, innocent people died, thatâ€™s why Turkey gave a relevant responseâ€.

M.Cavughoglu wants democratic elections to be held in Syria.