PACE chairman: "CE rules out armed way of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement"

"PACE recognizes the principle of territorial integrity of the countries and nations right for self-determination", said Luis Maria de Puig Tuesday in Yerevan during the meeting with the Armenian delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly.

According to the public relations department of the National Assembly of the country, de Puig said though the Council of Europe did not play a great role in the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict but in case of the need it may contribute to organization of a dialogue in the parliamentary frames.

The PACE chairman considers it necessary to assist to the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group on the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, which  makes great effort in this direction, according to him.

In turn, member of the Armenian delegation in PACE Avet Adonts, speaking about the recent PACE resolution, in line with which democratic development is difficult without resolution of the issues of the territorial integrity of the state, noted that it creates reservation for the development of democratic processes for any country, especially, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Georgia.

"At the same time, Armenia, which has been isolated since 1991, does not present any preconditions for conduction of democratic processes", noted Adonts, calling it a demonstration of double standards.

Arutyunyan called to assist the Minsk Group and voiced surprise that the press release, posted at the CE website due to Puig's visit to Baku, contains a formulation, according to which "it is necessary to find solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict on the basis of the principle of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan only peacefully".

According to Arutyunyan, this formulation threats the peace process.

In this connection, Puig said he is responsible for his words and not formulations, attributed to him by mass medias, which do not reflect the reality.

According to the PACE chairman, he said that "the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recognizes principle of territorial integrity of states and national right for self-determination".

/Novosti-Armenia/