YEREVAN.- The document adopted by European Parliament’s foreign commission on replacing France’s mandate OSCE MG by that of EU is not Union’s official viewpoint, head of Armenia’s delegation to PACE Naira Zohrabyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

 According to her this initiative is a result of the efforts of some pro-Azerbaijan deputies.

“The EU officials, including the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and the European Commissioner for enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule, have announced many times that they are not going to replace the French mandate with the EU mandate and that they support the current format of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement,” Naira Zohrabyan said.

The Armenian MP said the document is “a child” of Azerbaijani lobby.

She once again reminded of the position of the Armenian side – the change of the mandate is unacceptable.

According to Zohrabyan, the most alarming is Azerbaijan’s active lobbying in the parliaments of different countries.

“Azerbaijan buys deputies and they start an active propaganda in favor of Baku. Armenia is just a  passive observer of the ongoing processes in favor of Azerbaijan,” she said underscoring necessity for Armenia to use all its resources including the powerful Diaspora to resist such initiatives.

The European Parliament on Foreign Affairs adopted a document on Armenia envisaging to replace France’s mandate with EU’s in OSCE Minsk Group.