YEREVAN, OCTOBER 4, ARMENPRESS: If it is true, that the members of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE have bribed their colleagues with black caviar, then it is absolutely unacceptable. As reports Armenpress referring to contact.az, this statement was made ​​at a press conference on Thursday, by the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, answering journalists' questions.

“Azerbaijani caviar is a treat against PACE independence. The Parliament, as well as its members, should be independent, autonomous and act on behalf of the organization, protecting its standards and values. Therefore, it is totally unacceptable” noted the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe.  

Speaking about the possibilities to investigate the circumstances of such cases, the Secretary-General said that he could not interfere in the work of PACE, because it is an independent body, he said.

contact.az reports that in summer  this year a group of PACE members prepared a special report on the facts of bribing  their colleagues  on the part of the Azerbaijani delegation.