During the autumn session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the report, regarding Azerbaijan in the Security and Defense Committee, included counteraction from the Armenian side, the Vice Speaker of Milli Majlis [Azerbaijani Parliament], Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Ziyafet Askerov, briefed the media, Trend reports.
Issues such as the interaction of the South Caucasus countries (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia) with NATO, social, political and economical situation in these countries and other topics were presented to the discussions at the NATO 52nd autumn session. The key issue for us was the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan. We amended the report twice, and the 3rd report differed somewhat from the previous reports. Therefore, we agreed to present the report to the discussion. However, we expressed our proposals and remarks regarding the report. The report reflected a number of issues linked with Azerbaijan, especially counteraction from the Armenian side and the exact figures of the occupied Azerbaijani territories and refugees and internally displaced persons, Askerov stated.
According to Askerov, the Armenians were angry when Azerbaijan submitted the documents confirming that the Armenians arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh 150 years ago and to confirm this fact we also presented photographs of monuments erected in Nagorno-Karabakh. I consider that the documents submitted by ourselves played a significant part and as a result the relevant document was adopted. It is the first document adopted within NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Security and Defense Committee. In future, we will try to adopt the Resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly, Askerov stated.