YEREVAN. – Member of the Armenian delegation to PACE Naira Zohrabyan urged the Council of Europe to take concrete moves against Azerbaijan’s attempts to turn international organizations into arena of political corruption.

In her speech, Zohrabyan said it is time to make “changes in the political thought and consider Azerbaijani caviar as serious political factor”.

“It is unacceptable to gain democracy through petrodollars and caviar that is being carried out by a member of the Council of Europe - Azerbaijan. Moreover, some of our colleagues are the first among those accepting caviar dollars. However, no international structure that was reached by Azerbaijani caviar hands has taken real steps against this phenomenon that violates democratic values,” she said, addressing the PACE delegates.

Armenian delegate recalled that a group of observers headed by Pino Arlaki called the recent presidential elections in Azerbaijan “free, fair and transparent”.

“Naturally, such an unprecedented shameful assessment has caused a scandal in the European Parliament. And how do you think Arlaki justified himself? He said he had lied in the interests of Italy. That is, he lied as Italy has oil interests in Azerbaijan. What is this if not a public statement about political corruption?” Zohrabyan wonders.

All this is the result of inaction of international organizations towards caviar policy of Azerbaijan, she said, calling not to allow corruption in the international structures.