At today`s plenary session of the PACE winter session of Secretary General of the Council of Europe Jagland Terbёrn briefed at the Assembly on the activities of the organization. CoE Secretary General replied to the questions of the parliamentarians, AzVision.az reports.
Answering the question of a member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Vusal Huseynov, regarding holding Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev hostage by Armenians, Jagland Terbёrn noted that returning of these Azerbaijanis to their homeland would be a significant gesture.
"As for the arrest of two Azerbaijanis by Armenians, I raised this issue two years ago at a meeting with the President of Armenia. And I have raised issue in connection with the return of the body of Azerbaijani soldier, who was killed on Dec. 29 as a result of ceasefire violations. In such matters we should be based primarily on concern nation’s people. We are not members of the Minsk process, engaged in the search for a solution to the conflict and our organization has no authority to establish peace. However, referring to the humanitarian aspects of the problem, we are always ready to contribute. Returning them to Azerbaijan would be a significant gesture. In matters of conflict to defuse the tension should always give priority to humanitarian gestures”, - said Terbёrn Jagland.
The return of Azerbaijani soldier’s body would be a gesture - Secretary General of the CoE
25 January 2017
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