Refusal of Armenian delegation to participate in PACE meeting is response to Azeris' activities

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Meetings should make sense. Empty and fruitless meetings are avail and we cannot pretend as if we are holding talks," Tigran Torosian, the RA NA Speaker and head of the Armenian parliamentary delegation to the CoE, said when commenting on the refusal of the Armenian delegation to participate in the sitting of the PACE subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh. In his opinion, it's a proper response to the activities of the Azeri parliamentarians who used the absence of the Armenian delegation over the funeral of PM Andranik Margaryan for an attempt to push forth their own proposals. "The Azeri delegation misled people by proposing some wordings on fulfillment of their commitments," Torosian said adding that such conduct is not only disrespect for moral rules but also unavailability to any dialogue or cooperation.



Tigran Torosian said that Subcommittee head, Lord Russell Johnston, was supposed to be informed of the refusal to take part in the meeting. "Let them clarify why his secretary was not informed of the refusal," he said adding he is not going to comment on Azeri deputy Samed Seyidov's statement on "Armenia's political weakness, RFE/RL reports.



Что касается сообщений азербайджанских СМИ о том, что глава подкомитета лорд Рассел Джонстон "не был осведомлен о причинах отказа армянской делегации от участия в заседании", Тигран Торосян подчеркнул, что председатель подкомиссии должен был быть извещен по поводу отсутствия армянской делегации. "Почему секретарю лорда Рассела Джонстона не было об этом доложено, это их проблема, пусть сами и выясняют", - сказал глава армянской делегации. "А комментировать заявления азербайджанского депутата в ПАСЕ Самеда Сеидова о "политической слабости Армении" я не собираюсь", - подчеркнул Торосян, сообщает радиостанция "Свобода".