Representation in PACE is Azerbaijan’s right, and it is necessary to ensure this right without any precondition, said Spokesman for Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Aykhan Hajizada, AzVision.az reports.

He made the remark in response to the anti-Azerbaijani views expressed by Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, during the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on October 2.

"Detrimental attitudes towards Azerbaijan within the PACE in recent years, especially after the liberation of our territories from Armenian occupation, are an attempt aimed at overshadowing the position of our country based on international law and justice. Representation in PACE is Azerbaijan’s right, and it is necessary to ensure this right without any precondition.

As for the opinions regarding the ban on the entry of the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Azerbaijan for voting on the issue of the mandate of the Azerbaijani delegation, we would like to note that this decision was made within the framework of our sovereign right based on the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and this measure is in line with the existing practices of many countries, including the member states of the Council of Europe. We have neither intention nor obligation to see in Azerbaijan the members of the Parliament, who do not want to see Azerbaijani representatives in PACE," the statement reads.

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