PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy approves anti-Armenian report

By 24 to 16, the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has approved an anti-Armenian report entitled “Escalation of Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and Other Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan” by Robert Walter (United Kingdom, EC), a rapporteur of the PACE Political Affairs Committee, Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE Hermine Naghdalyan told Tert.am.

“Our proposal failed to pass, and the report was discussed and put on the agenda of the plenary session. It is on the January agenda,” she said.

The Armenian delegation proposed dismissing the subject and appointing a new rapporteur, who would be more impartial and present an unbiased report reflecting the real state of affairs, rather than one executing Azerbaijan’s orders. However, the proposal was declined.

The report contained numerous anti-Armenian wordings unacceptable to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.