YEREVAN. – The adoption of Milica Marković’s anti-Armenian report at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Winter Session obstructs a positive movement in the process of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov, told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In his words, there are two extreme points of view in this respect.

“One assumes that sanctions will be imposed on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh [as a result of this report],” Sharmazanov stressed. “[And] according to the other version, it’s just a piece of paper. If it’s a piece of paper, why were we [i.e. the Armenian side] fighting so much [against its adoption]? Naturally, both one and the other viewpoints are wrong.”

Deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament added, however, that the PACE resolutions are not legally binding.

“But, naturally, the adoption of this report does not contribute to the strengthening of peace, and it creates an adverse political backdrop from the viewpoint of humanitarian issues,” Eduard Sharmazanov stated. “[But] we [i.e. the Armenian side] must continue the fight, especially since we proved we can achieve results, in case of right and productive work.”

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.