France, Strasbourg, June 26 / Trend A. Maharramli /
A meeting of the Monitoring Committee was held on the second day of the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
During the committee meeting, co-rapporteurs for Azerbaijan Pedro Agramunt and Joseph Debono Grech spoke about their visit to the country and discussed the visit with members of the committee, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov said on Tuesday.
"As the head of the delegation, I expressed my attitude to the discussed topic," Seyidov said.
Head of the Azerbaijani delegation thoroughly discussed the false and biased statements of head of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, which were raised on the first day of the PACE summer session.
"In my speech, I thoroughly discussed the false and biased statements of head of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian expressed on the first day of the PACE summer session," Seyidov said. "The Azerbaijani delegation considers the minister's speech as unforgivable because there was made an attempt to spread false ideas inherent in Armenia among MPs, by using such a high position. Actually, this action must be regarded as an open provocation against Azerbaijan."
MP also said that the committee members consider Armenian Minister's statement as provocative and point out that these statements are inadmissible.
The committee members urged the Azerbaijani delegation not to give in to these provocative statements, but to show patience.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the occupied territories.