Strasbourg/10.10.22/Turan: President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Tini Cox called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to intensify their efforts to resolve differences and establish peace in the South Caucasus region.
"I call on parliamentarians from Azerbaijan and Armenia to use the Assembly as a platform for discussing sensitive and important issues," the PACE chairman said at a PACE meeting on October 10 in Strasbourg.
It should be noted that at today's meeting, a request to hold separate hearings "on military clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan" is being discussed. --16D--
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