Artsakh should have its representative in CoE
A document condemning the ceasefire violations along the line of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani Armed Forces is put into circulation in the Council of Europe (CoE). The written document co-authored by the Armenian delegates to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) condemns the instances of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan and calls on Azerbaijan to refrain from the use of force.
It is already two days, Zaruhi Postanjyan, a member of the Armenian delegation, has been urging PACE delegates to support the move and sign the document which will be posted on the CoE website after receiving at least 20 signatures and turning into a declaration.
Talking to A1+, Zaruhi Postanjyan said after the publication of the report on Azerbaijan's ‘caviar diplomacy' Europeans became much more cautious in issues concerning Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
She says the favourable situation allows the Armenian delegates to remind once more that the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is a separate country and was created when Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, in accordance with international law, became independent after the fall of the Soviet Union.
The Armenian delegate also says it is necessary to underline that Artsakh is a country that adheres to democratic values, has legitimate authorities and Constitution.
Zaruhi Postanjyan says the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh should officially invite CoE representatives to observe the presidential elections set for July 19 though Europeans did not answer Karabakh's invitation to monitor the parliamentary elections.
She thinks that Armenia and Karabakh should use their levers for Karabakh to have its representative in the Council of Europe ‘as part of a democratic country and a state which was formed in the same way as Azerbaijan.'
Karine Asatryan
Strasbourg
