Armenians try to equate Kosovo problem to Nagorno Garabagh at PACE session

The main point of Armenians' speech was that in case Kosovo separates from Serbia, it may become a precedent for Nagorno Garabagh.

The response to the representative of the Armenian delegation became the speech of the member of the Azerbaijan delegation in PACE Ganira Pashayeva, who noted that Azerbaijan supports efforts of international organizations for the resolution of the Kosovo conflict.

"Unfortunately, some countries and powers try to use the Kosovo conflict for their purposes. The representatives of Armenia in their speeches in PACE try to mislead other deputies of the Assembly and draw incorrect parallels. It is a great regret that the deputies from Armenia announce that the model of the Kosovo conflict settlement may become a precedent for unsettled conflicts within the CIS", she noted.

She said such position affects the peaceful talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

G.Pashayeva noted that there is something in common between the Kosovo problem and the conflicts on the territories of the CIS states from the first glance.

"But if we take in the roots, history and causes of these conflicts, we can see that these conflicts are quite different. The representatives of the Council of Europe, PACE, European Union, UNO as well as the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk group, mediating the Nagorno-Garabagh conflict settlement, have repeatedly stated that. The new president of the Parliamentary Assembly Mr De-Puch also came out with this position. At the same time he announced that the settlement of the Kosovo problem can not be a precedent for other conflicts in Europe", she said.

At the same time, the Azerbaijani Parliamentarian noted that the member of the Armenian delegation Mr. Ovanesyan has sent an appeal to the Prime Minister of Slovakia which states that the separation of Czechia and Slovakia can be successgul for the resolution of the Nagorno-Garabagh conflict.

"I do not believe that Mr. Ovanisyan is not informed about the history and causes of this conflict and is nor aware of the international law. Nagorno-Garabagh conflict started with occupation of 20% of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia. Moreover, Armenia keeps 7 regions of Azerbaijan under occupation. Armenia held ethnic cleansing in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan and there are no Azerbaijanis there.

I can also point out numerous facts but I think that the said ones evidence that the Kosovo and Nagorno Garabagh conflicts differ greatly", she said.

Pashayev asked the leadership of the Council of Europe and PACE to prevent some countries from using the discussion of the Kosovo problem for their political purposes.

/Day.Az/