YEREVAN. – We proved that we can succeed, if we are united, ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) deputy Gagik Minasyan stated at a press conference on Wednesday.

He noted this reflecting on Tuesday’s voting on the two anti-Armenian reports, at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Winter Session in Strasbourg, France.

“It’s quite difficult for the Armenian side in such international assemblies, since the Azerbaijani and Turkish lobby is strong,” Minasyan said. “And the writers of both reports are known for their anti-Armenian positions.”

In the RPA MP’s words, the Armenian side should draw these conclusions from Tuesday’s development: You cannot give in under any circumstance, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group was at the top of its game and an unprecedented move was made.

PACE on Tuesday voted against MP Robert Walter’s (UK) anti-Armenian report entitled “Escalation of Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and Other Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan,” but adopted MP Milica Marković’s (Bosnia and Herzegovina) anti-Armenian report about Sarsang Reservoir in Nagorno-Karabakh, and entitled “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water.”

To note, representatives of the PACE Unified European Left Group, the Socialist Group, and the European People’s Party voted against both anti-Armenian reports.