Azerbaijan will not be able to easily put on the agenda and adopt documents on Nagorno-Karabakh at NATO Parliamentary Assembly under the presidency of Karl Lamers.  The Armenian delegation actively cooperated and will go on doing so with him, Head of the Armenian delegation to NATO PA Karen Avagyan told a press conference on Thursday, summing up results of NATO PA fall session in Warsaw, on November 12-16.

As for Azerbaijan-initiated draft resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh, the consideration of which has been put off, Avagyan said both the Armenian delegation and Azerbaijani MPs insisted on it, reasoning their busy schedule during the campaign for parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. “The leadership of Parliamentary Assembly offered to postpone consideration of the document.  We hope this resolution will not be considered at NATO PA at all. Even if the document is placed on the agenda, the Armenian delegation is ready for debates and will bring their stance to the attention of Assembly deputies,” Avagyan noted.

Moreover, NATO PA is not actively involved in Karabakh peace process and at any opportunity refers to OSCE Minsk Group.  Avagyan hailed positive that a principle for nations’ right to self-determination is stressed along with a principle of territorial integrity during the recent discussions on Nagorno-Karabakh at international agencies. “It was not mentioned before,” the MP underscored.

In his turn member of the Armenian delegation, Head of Heritage parliamentary faction Stepan Safaryan stated Azerbaijani parliamentary elevations were discussed at one of NATO PA sessions.  “The keynote of the discussions is the organization does not disclose true facts on Azerbaijani elections in the person of Azerbaijani parliamentarians , not to lose further cooperation with them,”  Safaryan stressed. He drew a parallel with elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, recalling the MPs they were transparent and democratic In this regard, Armenian MPs offered Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights to send observers to NKR elections. “However, the answer was definite: it is impossible unless Nagorno-Karabakh is recognized. We should not give up and should raise the issue at other international instances,” Safaryan mentioned.

He also empathized NATO Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution on Georgia, containing tough wordings on Russia and self-determined republics - Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Besides, Russia-NATO relations, situation in Afghanistan and preparations for NATO Summit in Lisbon were also canvassed.