STEPANAKERT. – Official Yerevan and official Stepanakert have stated many times about the ineffectiveness of the PACE Subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President’s Press Secretary Davit Babayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am, commenting on PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon’s negative assessment on this subcommittee.    

In his words, Turkey’s adverse influence, one-sided approach, and the attempts to negatively portray the Armenian side are sensed in the Subcommittee’s activities. “Overall, the Subcommittee’s activities were paralyzed,” Babayan stressed, and he noted that the Armenian parties and the representatives from other countries, alike, have pointed this out on numerous occasions.      

“This is an elementary policy of smear campaign against one of the parties, [and] that is why the Subcommittee’s activities could not have been effective,” NKR President’s Press Secretary remarked. 

In his words, if the Subcommittee is not retracted, it will be necessary to include the Karabakh side in order to make its activities become effective. “We can speak about effectiveness only after that,” Davit Babayan stated. 

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, during his meeting with Armenian National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon had expressed a view that the PACE Subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh does not justify itself.