Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 2 / Trend , J.Babayeva/
Azerbaijan may reconsider its relations with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Azerbaijan is dissatisfied with biased PACE assessments of Armenia, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the organization Samad Seyidov said at an Azerbaijani parliamentary meeting on Feb. 2.
"If PACE continues to apply double standards to Azerbaijan, Baku will have to reconsider its relations with the organization," Seyidov said.
He added that all organizations must assess the processes in member countries impartially.
"By turning a blind eye to the events in Armenia, PACE will face problems with Azerbaijan," Seyidov said.
He added that PACE did not acknowledge the political prisoners in Armenia.
"PACE's documents on Armenia do not include the word 'political prisoner,' but rather 'prisoner problems.' How can the arrested members of parliament not be considered political prisoners?" Seyidov asked.
Discussions were held on Armenia's execution of resolutions 1609 and 1620 at the PACE winter session on Jan. 27.
PACE decided to allow its Monitoring Committee to further assess Armenia's fulfillment of commitments before the organization until the spring session in a bid to help the country improve the situation.
Armenia is accused of evading a key obligation and violating human rights in the country.
Armenian opposition launched mass protests against the presidential election and Serzh Sarkisyan's victory in Yerevan on Feb. 20. Demonstrators clashed with law enforcement agencies on March 1. Dozens of people died and 265 were injured. Two major demands were put forward to Armenia - to release political prisoners arrested during the protests and hold impartial investigations into the events.
None of demands have been fulfilled.
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