Azerbaijani delegates should be the last ones to speak about criminal regimes, said Edmon Marukyan, a member of the Armenian delegation to PACE during his speech over Armenian snap elections held on December 9.

"I have to respond to the Azerbaijani delegates’ speeches about the Armenian elections and the new opportunities they created and about the former criminal regime. Azerbaijani delegates should be the last ones to speak about criminal regimes. Right now, there are mass protests in Azerbaijan, with people demanding the release of political prisoners, whose rights and freedoms are restricted in the most disgraceful way. Azerbaijan does not follow judgments from the European Court of Human Rights on political prisoners but its delegates talk about the democratisation of Armenia, which is funny," he said.

Armenian Birght Armenia Party head expressed hope "that everybody here understands that the aim of these provocative statements is to deviate from the general discussion of the agenda items of this plenary session, including the situation of political prisoners in Azerbaijan."