“We have very good relations with Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. We often communicate and I consider that we will have a good cooperation with the Azerbaijani officials in the fields of human rights and implementation of democratic reforms. I have high hopes on that”, PACE Chairman Jean Claude Mignon told APA’s European bureau. “The Azerbaijani officials always showed interest to the European norms on human rights. I consider that we can come to common conclusions on this and the other issues”.
Mignon assessed the discussion held in the PACE Bureau on Azerbaijan and said that the discussions were held on the activity of Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh: “We have held discussion on further activity of the Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh and came to a conclusion not to pass any resolution on its further activity. We want to win a time for thinking about what we can do in connection with this issue. We will also consider the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group. I have personal relations with the officials of the Minsk Group co-chairing countries and we came to a decision that we need to win a time in order to determine how we can cooperate with them”.
PACE Chairman said that he would possibly visit Azerbaijan: “Of course, I will not pay so many visits as my predecessor. Mr. Chavushoglu visited many countries as PACE president. Today I proposed in the Bureau to prepare the calendar of my upcoming visits and their purposes. It will cover my visits and the visits of our delegations as well”. /APA/