During a meeting held in the framework of the PACE session the Armenian and Azeri parliamentary delegations decided to launch a dialogue on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with the assistance of the Assembly rapporteurs. The sides agreed on a visit to the region jointly with PACE members in the near future. The visit supposes meetings with displaced persons. They also noted the necessity to prepare the publics of the states to the possible solutions of the problem. The meeting coincided with the 6th anniversary of Armenia and Azerbaijan’s joining the Council of Europe. The delegations for the first ever time met in PACE to discuss the issues referring to the conflict.
Delegation heads, Tigran Torosian (Armenia) and Samad Seyidov (Azerbaijan) said the OSCE Minsk Group is called to perform the leading role in the conflict settlement. However, the Council of Europe should have an important subsidiary part in improving the situation and settling misunderstanding. The sides agreed on further meetings in effort to implement the PACE Resolution 1416, reports the PACE communication unit.
