Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ
Secretary General of Council of Europe sends representative to Armenia, and plans to send mission to Azerbaijan.
Strasbourg/11.10.23/Turan: Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Pejčinović Burić has sent her special representative on refugee issues to Armenia to study the needs of persons displaced from Karabakh.
Burich reported this on the eve of the PACE session in Strasbourg, answering questions from deputies, Turan special correspondent reports from Strasbourg.
"My special representative is already going to Armenia, with the consent of the Armenian authorities, and she will make a list of the needs of these people, because there are more than 100,000 of them. Unfortunately, nearly all of them have left Karabakh, and we will definitely draw up a program of assistance to these persons," she said.
At the same time, she stressed that "the more important issue" is "when and how these people should return home."
Burich expressed hope that soon the general secretariat will be able to send a mission to Azerbaijan to "understand" and "assess" the position of the country's authorities on the current situation.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe called on Azerbaijan to fully comply with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. She expressed hope that the Armenian population who left Karabakh will be able to "return safely to their homes very soon." -16C06-
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