IT’S STILL TOO EARLY TO DREAM OF QUITTING THE MONITORING PHASE

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“Monitoring can’t stop until Armenia and Azerbaijan have settled the conflict”, René van der Linden, PACE President told the “A1+” correspondent. According to him, this is a problematic issue not only for the CoE, but also for the other international structures.

“I hope the conflict will be settled finally after such a long time”, the PACE President told a news conference in Strasbourg. He also referred to a number of issues among which those included in the agenda of the session and combat against terrorism. A report on «Alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers in Europe» will be represented in the session. «This is not an anti-American report», Mr. van der Linden said. He claimed that the authors of the report have carried out much work and gathered enough information in order to reveal the truth.

Although there are no issues directly concerning Armenia in the agenda of the session, the Azerbaijanis will probably mention the name of our country many times. For example, during the press conference one of the Azeri journalists informed the PACE President that forests are burning «in the territories occupied by Armenia» and this issue must be represented in the session during the discussions about the protection of forests.

By the way, Azeri delegate Rafael Huseynov has already represented a document «About the exploitation of the mines in the Azeri areas occupied by Armenia». According to the document, Armenia creates danger for the future of Azerbaijan and its people. In particular, they are concerned by the fate of the gold mines in Gizibulag, Veynal and Zod.

Karine Asatryan

Strasbourg