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DECISION ON PERIODICAL MEETINGS WITHIN PACE KARABAKH SUBCOMMITTEE MADE
25.06.2005 03:01
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Subcommittee formed to address the Karabakh issue has had its first meeting,
stated PACE Azeri delegation head, Subcommittee member Samed Seidov,
reported APA Azeri agency. In his words, the report of the Subcommittee
head, former PACE Secretary General Lord Russell-Johnston was heard first.
«In his speech Russell-Johnston said that the fifth item of the resolution
on establishing the Committee, passed at the PACE January session
recommended that the Council of Europe constantly include the issue in the
agenda and make its contribution to the peaceful settlement of the conflict.
A decision was made thereupon to hold meetings within the Subcommittee.» As
stated by S. Seidov, the recurrent meeting is scheduled in Paris September
12. «The agenda of the recurrent meeting includes 2 questions: 1) making
public the positions of the countries that are members of the OSCE Minsk
Group; 2) hearing of reports of the OSCE MG Co-Chairs or persons
representing them and inviting them to the Subcommittee next sitting,» he
said. S. Seidov also said that Committee members are expected to visit the
regions based on the information received at the Committee meetings.