YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS. Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Head of Armenian delegation to Euronest PA Artak Zakaryan has presented details on a number of working sessions of the Assembly in Kiyev.  

“Armenpress” reports MP Artak Zakaryan posted on his Facebook page that 2-day sessions with the participation of the Heads of Delegations took place at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kiev.

Artak Zakaryan informed that a number of innovative solutions were discussed, as well as some key amendments of the charter. “The Heads of all the Delegations unanimously informed the Azerbaijani delegation (which for some unknown reasons was represented by the head of delegation and other MPs, AzTV reporters) about the gentlemen's agreement. Resolutions, reports or other proposals on Artsakh conflict will no longer be submitted or discussed at the Euronest”, Zakaryan wrote.

According to him, during the last 6 years the Azerbaijani delegation and lobbyists supporting them from eastern and European countries have regularly tried to come to Euronest with documents or formulations inadmissible for Armenia but they all have been foiled by the efforts of the Armenian delegation (the Armenian delegation even wracked an entire report due to just one inadmissible word in 2011).

The Euronest PA gradually turned into a confrontation platform between Armenia and Azerbaijan (the Azerbaijanis tried to initiate resolutions on Sarsang Reservoir, “occupation” of Artsakh, “Khojaly”, as well as tried to submit reports on territorial integrity, refugees and IDPs, withdrawal of troops, etc). Artak Zakaryan informed that at the proposal of the Armenian delegation in March 2016 during the plenary session in the Brussels (the Azerbaiajni delegation was boycotting the session back then) a gentleman’s agreement was reached. “Yesterday and today we informed the Azerbaijani parliamentarians about that who silently accepted the agreement. Let’s see how they will behave in the future. The next Euronest plenary session will take place in October, 2017 in Kiev”, Zakaryan stressed.

Zakaryan also thanked his colleagues for the productive works at the Euronest.  

“I would like to specially highlight the invaluable contribution and efforts of late Vahan Hovhannisyan for the establishment of the Euronest”, Zakaryan concluded.