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Samad Seyidov: If Armenia refuses to work with a new rapporteur, necessary steps can be taken against this country's delegation

03 October 2014 11:29 (UTC +04:00)

Future activities of newly-appointed rapporteur on Nagorno Karabakh were discussed at the meeting. Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said many of the Bureau members expressed dissatisfaction with the behavior of the Armenian delegation to PACE at the session, APA’s Europe bureau reports.

“It was stated that the Armenian delegation’s acts totally run contrary to the rules of the Council of Europe. They rejected cooperating with a new rapporteur unanimously elected by the PACE. PACE Bureau decided to keep in touch with the Armenian delegation and inform them that such issues stand against the rules of the Assembly. If the Armenian side insists on its position, the PACE has the right to take the necessary steps against the delegation,” he said.

In his response to the question about Robert Walter’s forthcoming report and visit to the region, Seyidov said this issue could be discussed at the next meeting of the PACE Committee on Political Affairs.

“This issue will be included in the agenda of the Committee on Political Affairs and Robert Walter’s visit, working principles and relations will be discussed at the upcoming meeting. The issue of Armenia’s collaboration with the rapporteur will be raised once again. If Armenia again says “no” to this issue, this will mean a direct challenge to the Council of Europe. In this case, the organization will have to take relevant steps, which we are going to discuss. In any case, this issue will be raised again at the upcoming session in January,” he said.