‘Armenia is an Occupier in Karabag’

A report on High Karabakh prepared by British parliamentarian David Atkinson and the related decision draft were approved during PACE’s General Council meetings yesterday (January 25).

The report stressed that occupation of one member country’s territory by another member country is viewed as a serious violation of their agreements with the Council of Europe.

PACE has called upon Azerbaijan and Armenia to follow a path toward reconciliation. The decision asserts that PACE supports the Minsk Process for a peaceful solution in Karabakh and the right of return for those who were forced to leave their homeland. The Council also recommended that the parties apply to the International Court of Justice in the event that the Minsk process fails and that an action plan be established to develop confidence between the two parties.