SAMAD SEYIDOV: WE WILL CONTINUE TO OBJECT TO THE DOUBLE STANDARDS AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Today
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan
Report on the activity of the PACE’s Political Bureau and Standing
Committee was made at the first plenary meeting of the autumn session.
The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov also
made a speech at the discussions on the report.
Touching on the reports that Azerbaijan refuses to cooperate with some
structures of the Council of Europe Samad Seyidov said Azerbaijan
does not refuse to cooperate with the structures of the Council of
Europe and is ready for any kind of dialogue. He spoke about the
appointment of the rapporteur on the persons considered political
prisoners in Azerbaijan and cooperation with him.
“Everybody forgets that such kinds of problems exist in most countries
of the Council of Europe, too. But no rapporteur is appointed for these
states concerning this issue. No one dares to demand the appointment
of such a rapporteur for these countries. Why is such a rapporteur
appointed for Azerbaijan? If we speak about the binding decisions of
the Bureau, if Christoph Strasser’s appointment is a binding decision
and the Azerbaijani government must obey it, then why don’t we speak
about the other decisions of the Bureau? One of these decisions is the
restoration of the activity of the Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh. We
unanimously voted for the restoration of the committee’s activity, but
for some reason no one speaks about the inactivity of the committee,
which was resumed after the unanimous decision. No one speaks about
Armenians’ boycott of the committee and as a result of it the decision
of the Bureau has become an insignificant document. Let’s speak about
it. We will continue to object to the double standards at the Council
of Europe,” he said.
From: A. Papazian