Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. I.Alizadeh / Siyavush Novruzov, the head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative Group and a member of the permanent commission of the Parliament on Security and Defence, stated on 10 August that the meeting had not been held due to the mandate of the Armenian representatives in the group not yet being defined.
According to Novruzov, the mandate of the members of the Armenian delegation in the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative Group should be approved again. However, Armenia did not approve the mandate of the representatives of the country.
Novruzov stressed that the main aim of the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative Group is to render assistance to integrating countries situated in Europe and the Atlantic region. Armenia is afraid to integrate into such groups, as Yerevan does not wish to carry out the demands of these groups. Due to this reason a contradiction occurred in the Parliament of Armenia. Despite all of this, the functioning of the group will be continued.
The South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative Group will hold a meeting in the near future. The terms of the meeting will be defined after Armenia has made a statement regarding its participation in the process.
The South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative Group was founded by the initiative of the non-governmental organization of British LINKS. The Group unites Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia and ten MPs from each country. Presently, the Chairman of the Group is Azerbaijani.