Baku poses obstacles for PACE delegation visit to Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - Lord Russell-Johnston, Chairman of the PACE Ad-hoc Committee on Nagorno Karabakh, met today in Strasbourg with heads of the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations to PACE, Davit Harutyunyan and Samed Seyidov.



As it became known, the visit of the PACE delegation to Karabakh scheduled for October 8-12 was frustrated by the Azeri side, which demanded that the delegation should head for Karabakh via Azerbaijan.



Noting the importance of visits to Nagorno Karabakh, Davit Harutyunyan emphasized that Azerbaijan creates artificial obstacles. "This time Azerbaijan found fault in the visit format. However, for many years representatives of international organizations, including PACE, went to Karabakh via Armenia," he reminded.



Lord Russel Johnson with regret announced cancellation of the visit.



It's known yet how the situation will develop, the RA NA press office reported.