Samad Seyidov: We will continue to object to the double standards at the Council of Europe

Report on the activity of the PACE’s Political Bureau and Standing Committee was made at the first plenary meeting of the autumn session. The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov also made a speech at the discussions on the report.

Touching on the reports that Azerbaijan refuses to cooperate with some structures of the Council of Europe Samad Seyidov said Azerbaijan does not refuse to cooperate with the structures of the Council of Europe and is ready for any kind of dialogue. He spoke about the appointment of the rapporteur on the persons considered political prisoners in Azerbaijan and cooperation with him.

“Everybody forgets that such kinds of problems exist in most countries of the Council of Europe, too. But no rapporteur is appointed for these states concerning this issue. No one dares to demand the appointment of such a rapporteur for these countries. Why is such a rapporteur appointed for Azerbaijan? If we speak about the binding decisions of the Bureau, if Christoph Strässer’s appointment is a binding decision and the Azerbaijani government must obey it, then why don’t we speak about the other decisions of the Bureau? One of these decisions is the restoration of the activity of the Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh. We unanimously voted for the restoration of the committee’s activity, but for some reason no one speaks about the inactivity of the committee, which was resumed after the unanimous decision. No one speaks about Armenians’ boycott of the committee and as a result of it the decision of the Bureau has become an insignificant document. Let’s speak about it. We will continue to object to the double standards at the Council of Europe,” he said.


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