PACE President disappointed over failure to reach agreement in Kazan

June 29, 2011 - 15:26 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) supports the dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia, hoping for specific results in the future, PACE President stated.

“PACE was disappointed over the failure to reach an agreement in Kazan,” Trend News quoted Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying.

Despite optimistic forecasts and encouragement, the June 24 meeting between the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents ended in a statement saying that the heads of state “noted the reaching of mutual understanding on a number of questions, whose resolution helps create conditions to approve the basic principles."

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan praised the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries for their continuous attention to the problem and once again thanked Russian President for his personal endeavors to bring the positions of the conflicting sides closer.

Later on Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian noted that meeting was not a breakthrough, as Azerbaijan proved unready to accept the final version of the basic principles suggested by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. “Instead, the Azerbaijani leader attempted to impose 10 new proposals, thus precluding the possibility of any agreement on the issue,” he added.