PACE trying to ignore all principles, including OSCE ones: envoyJanuary 27, 2016 - 15:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is trying to ignore all principles, including those of the OSCE, the head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan said Wednesday, January 27, commenting on PACE’s adoption of an anti-Armenian resolution on Sarsang Reservoir in Nagorno Karabakh. In a vote of 70-66, the Parliamentary Asembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on January 26 disapproved the anti-Armenian report “Escalation of violence in Nagorno Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” prepared by British parliamentarian Robert Walter from the PACE Committee on Political Affairs. PACE, however, adopted another anti-Armenian report, “Inhabitants of Frontier Regions of Azerbaijan are Deliberately Deprived of Water” by Milica Markovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a vote of 98-71. “Removing one of the anti-Armenian resolutions from the agenda, however, is already a victory,” Andrey Sorokin said, according to Panorama.am. Germany’s ambassador to Armenia refrained from commenting on the vote, stressing that “the OSCE Mission is the only acceptable format mandated to tackle the Karabakh conflict.” Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |