Document on Armenia's actions, aimed at raising tensions in South Caucasus, presented to PACE secretariat

According to Day.Az the document has been worked out by the member of the Azerbaijani delegation in PACE Ganira Pashayeva.

The document also contains the demand to apply tougher mechanisms to prevent growth of tensions in the South Caucasus.

It should be reminded that in line with the procedures, the document should contain signicatures of at least 20 deputies from 5 CE member-states for its adoption by the PACE secretariat.

The draft resolution has been signed by deputies from Turkey, Moldova, Lithuania, Germany and Italy.

The document states the failure of the elections in Armenia to meet the norms and principles of international law and commitments before the Council of Europe.

The draft resolution says that the arrangement of voting for President of Armenia in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan affects the negotiation process, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group.

Moreover, the documents says that in order to distract attention of the world society from the domestic situation, the Armenian authorities provoked tensions on the front line and attacked positions of the Azerbaijani army and civilians, residing in the front line villages.

The document also points at the aggressive announcements of Serzh Sarkissyan during the election campaign and the inauguration speech and discussions in the Armenian parliament, where an issue of the need to settle the occupied lands of Azerbaijan was raised.

It should be noted that after the draft resolution is adopted by the Secretariat, the document will be discussed in the Bureau and other structures of the Council of Europe.

/Day.Az/