YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS. Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zakaryan considers Azerbaijani and pro-Azerbaijani efforts failed. As “Armenpress” reports, MP referred to the voting on 2 anti-Armenian reports in PACE on his Facebook page.

“Azerbaijani and pro-Azerbaijani efforts are failed. PACE rejected the report entirely distorting the Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict. That way a major step hampering the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group and peaceful settlement was blocked. Majority of MPs in PACE banned Azerbaijan from engaging in deception and endangering peace in the South Caucasus. I thank all the people who did everything for the sake of right and fair victory. I am grateful to the parliament members of PACE who voted “against” it, or at least did not take part in the Azerbaijani adventures or abstained from it. I express gratitude to all of them one by one. Thanks to our state and public institutions, my fellow MPs, representatives of the diplomatic corps, Diaspora organizations and individual people for a unified and effective work,” MP wrote.

Referring to Milica Marković’s report, Artak Zakaryan expressed confidence that Azerbaijanis are not interested in water. “It tries to hide humanitarian titles under political texts that in one word should be called ruse. I think it will not hamper the further activities of the OSCE Minsk Group,” Zakaryan emphasized.

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe rejected British MP Robert Walter’s (He is already not a member of PACE) report “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan”. 66 MPs voted in favor of and 70 MPs.

At the same time the report of Milica Marković (Bosnia and Herzegovina) “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water” was adopted with certain amendments. 98 MPs voted in favor of and 71 MPs – “against” the report.