AZERI PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS ACCUSED PACE OF DISCRIMINATION TOWARD THEIR COUNTRYJune 23, 2003 - 21:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In connection with the coming discussion in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) of the issue on political prisoners in Azerbaijan, a group of governmentally oriented public organizations of the country appealed with a letter to the CE Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, PACE delegates as well as to Assembly legal commission member Jorge Clearfight. A deep anxiety regarding sanctions on the occasion of the political prisoners' problem to be possibly applied by PACE toward Azerbaijan is expressed in the appeal. At the same time the "discriminative attitude" to Azerbaijan is emphasized in the letter, though "analogous difficulties are as well available in other South Caucasian countries". Due to the authors of the letter, it can negatively reflect at the attitude of the Azeri people to the Council of Europe. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | Moody's upgrades IDBank's rating Moody's has upgraded ID Bank CJSC's (IDBank) long-term local and foreign currency bank deposit ratings to Ba3 from B1. U.S. “very clear” with Azerbaijan: “It’s time to make peace with Armenia” James O'Brien has said that the United States is “very clear” with Azerbaijani that it is a time to make peace with Armenia. PACE adopts resolution on Armenia's commitment to reforms PACE welcomed the electoral reforms implemented by Armenia in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission. Armenia, Germany discuss ties, South Caucasus peace process Armenian lawmakers met with the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Tobias Lindner. |