PACE adopts a resolution Robert Walter on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan
Today's session of the PACE in Strasbourg rejected the resolution on escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh - there are 66 votes for the text, 70 against, 45 abstain.
MPs rejected a resolution of the British MP Robert Walter, entitled: "The escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan."
Due to the fact that Walter is no longer a deputy, the document presented Norwegian MP Mogens Jensen, who recalled that the Armenian side did not allow him to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The document was rejected by a number of deputies from France, Hungary, Sweden and Germany. As an argument against was noted one-sidedness of the mentioned document, violation of democracy in Azerbaijan and the need to keep a balance.
The report called for the "withdrawal of Armenian armed forces and other irregular forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan, urged the governments of both countries to refrain from using military force, called on the OSCE to establish an international peacekeeping force to maintain security in Nagorno-Karabakh, to ensure the safe return of displaced persons and the establishment of a mechanism to investigate violations of the ceasefire. -02В-
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