At the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Winter Session, member of the Armenian National Assembly (NA) delegation to PACE, non-pro-government Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) NA Faction Secretary Naira Zohrabyan raised the matter of bringing Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to criminal account.  

Based on the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) proposal to criminalize speeches with a racist connotation, the PAM MP called for filing a criminal case against Aliyev for his anti-Armenian and racist statements.