YEREVAN. – Anne Brasseur, future president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), always opposed the anti-democratic procedures in Azerbaijan and the “caviar diplomacy” of that country.    

Member of Armenian National Assembly (NA) delegation to PACE, non-pro-government Prosperous Armenia Party NA Faction Secretary Naira Zohrabyan told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In Zohrabyan’s words, we should not have special expectations from the forthcoming change in the PACE chairmanship, since the next PACE president is obligated to be guided by the fundamental values—democracy, human rights, and freedom of speech—of the Council of Europe.

“Three members—including myself—of our delegation are members in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats [for Europe in the PACE], which is headed by Anne Brasseur,” she noted.      

Zohrabyan added that Brasseur is a woman of principle.

“She is quite impartial toward any violation of  human rights, democracy, and she is truly committed to the fundamental values of PACE,” the Armenian MP stated.  

The next PACE session will be convened from January 27 to 31, during which the new PACE president will be elected, and Anne Brasseur will replace serving President Jean-Claude Mignon in this capacity.