In his Jan. 26 interview with APA news agency, newly appointed PACE President Movlud Chavushoglu expressed wish to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“Obviously, I would like to meet with Azerbaijani and Armenian representatives to PACE, also pay a visit to both countries. As we are choosing the dialogue, we think the restoration of constructive dialogue between the two countries is necessary. We will further continue working in this direction,” he told APA.

According to him, Karabakh conflict is one of the major problems in the region, as well as an obstacle to Armenia-Turkey reconciliation.

“According to the decisions made by the Council of Europe (CE), Azerbaijani territories were occupied and the Karabakh conflict remains unresolved. Karabakh was always marked as a national territory of Azerbaijan Republic in the CE decisions. It remains one of the biter issues in the regions. This conflict seems to be a hindrance to the normalization process of relations between Turkey and Armenia. As CE sees it, this is what the reality is today,” Chavushoglu stated.

Chavushoglu underlined that PACE also wishes “development of OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair activity concerning the Karabakh conflict.” “There has been a serious intensification in the works towards this issue lately. The co-chairs need to be more active in this issue. We will do support them in our part,” he added.