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YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, ARMENPRESS. Not the anti-Armenian, but pro-Azerbaijani moods were the main reason for the adoption of the anti-Armenian report in PACE. However, there are other international issues as well, which impact the atmosphere in PACE. “Armenpress” reports that National Assembly MP from the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Lernik Aleksanyan said the aforementioned on January 30.
“The pressures on the Armenian party in PACE were predictable, as Armenia joined the EAEU and the main reason for pro-Azerbaijani moods in PACE is the “caviar” policy conducted by Azerbaijan,” the MP said.
Regarding the activities carried out by Armenian MPs in PACE, Aleksanyan said that the MPs did their best and the adoption of the report is not connected with the quality of their work. He added that the resolution does not imply any legal basis, but is capable of forming opinions.
As MP Aleksanyan states, after the adoption of MilicaMarković’s anti-Armenian report, the Armenian party must achieve negotiations over the use of Sarsang reservoir in PACE with Artsakh’s participation. The delegates must come and see the facts, the situation. And if they do not, it can be used in favour of the Armenian party too.
On January 26 PACE refused to adopt draft resolution on “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” by rapporteur Robert Walter (no longer a PACE member). 66 MPs voted for, 70 – against the report.
The ParliamentaryAssembly of the Council of Europe adopted rapporteur MilicaMarković’s (Bosnia and Herzegovina) draft resolution on “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water” after making some changes and revisions to the draft. 98 MPs voted for, 71 – against. 40 MPs abstained.