BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 27. I fully agree that the main reason for such biased behavior of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is related to the restoration of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov told reporters, Trend reports.
"We strongly condemn the biased action of PACE against our country. The Azerbaijani delegation has expressed its position. I fully agree that this malicious step against us is related to the restoration of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan. The position of the European Parliament has always been clear, and the Azerbaijani delegation responded to these accusations.
There had to be some new element in the systematic, organized application of such a position, and this has revealed a completely new behavior. On September 19–20 last year, Azerbaijan restored its territorial integrity and sovereignty in an exemplary manner in compliance with all norms and principles," the Minister said.
Meanwhile, the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made a statement at the meeting of the organization on January 24.
"We regard the initiative to contest the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE as an integral part of this dirty campaign. We also consider this initiative a purposeful and unacceptable attempt at unjustified interference in the electoral process in Azerbaijan and a clear example of malicious steps undermining the functioning of democratic institutions in our country. The proposal to refuse to ratify the credentials of our delegation will be a serious blow to the reliability and impartiality of the Council of Europe as a whole, the responsibility for the serious and irreversible consequences of which will fall entirely on its initiators," the statement reads.
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