On October 28, PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu answered the questions of delegation members after delivering a speech at the sitting of Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.

Answering to a question by Azerbaijani delegation member Abulfaz Babayev concerning congress’s contribution to resolution of the Karabakh conflict, Cavusoglu said that organization’s objective is to assist the diplomats, negotiations, in particular to establish dialogue between two countries’ delegations within PACE.   

These issues are not the main function of the organization. However, congress will contribute to dialogue between countries’ delegations, he noted. Cavusoglu recalled that in 2005 a special resolution on Karabakh was adopted by the PACE. The resolution stipulated creation of committee on Karabakh. Presently the OSCE Minks Group is mainly engaged in the peace process and PACE cannot interfere, he stressed. “Our goal is to resolve the conflict, establish dialogue between the delegations. We draw major attention to humanitarian problems caused by the conflict. We have organized meetings for Russian and Georgian delegations to improve life of people after the 2008 war. As to Karabakh conflict, we are mainly engaged in refugees, missing and forcedly deported people,” said the PACE President.