The Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament today commented on the vote of the Azerbaijani delegation at the PACE session against the suspension of the powers of the Russian delegation due to the annexation of the Crimea and the support of the Donbass separatists.
"We do not subscribe to these sanctions, we are against it," said Asadov. According to him, there are groundless assertions that Azerbaijan thus "supported the occupier."
"No, this is absolutely not the case. We, just instead of sanctions, are in favor of dialogue. The same Europe in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue instead of sanctions against the Armenians offers us a dialogue, so we offer them the same as an option.
This does not mean that we are in a negative position with regard to Ukraine. We in every way support the territorial integrity of Ukraine," said Asadov.
The Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Sergei Naryshkin praised the behavior of the Azerbaijani delegation.
Recall that last week PACE extended sanctions against the Russian delegation to April 2015. In response, the Russian delegation refused to participate in PACE for a year. -16D-
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