Azerbaijani Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, First Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Building, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Vyacheslav Nehoda, Moldovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Valeriu Chiveri, Deputy Mayor and Secretary of Kyiv City Council Oleksii Reznikov and Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia Tengiz Shergelashvili have been invited to the discussions.
During the discussions of the document developed by Congress member Marc Cloes of Belgium, members of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Congress and other foreign members put forward an amendment to the paragraph #6, which was approved through voting 68 to 35. The amendment envisages the importance of respect for the principles of international law, territorial integrity, sovereignty and inviolability of internationally recognized borders in terms of resolving the conflicts faced by the member states suffering from separatism by peaceful means. Prior to the election, however, head of Azerbaijan’s delegation to the Congress Anar Ibrahimov had orally stated another amendment to the addition proposed, demanding the replacement of the word “states” with Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova instead. Despite the Armenian delegation’s objections, this oral proposal was accepted. The draft statement was finally approved through a vote.
So thanks to the amendments, the paragraph #6 of the draft statement now includes the name Azerbaijan, too, along with the countries already mentioned, although the paragraph #7 titled “Separatist tensions in Ukraine and neighboring countries” shows only Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova as countries suffering from separatism/
Note that, although the Congress had initially invited only representatives of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova as countries suffering from separatism to discuss the document, it later invited Azerbaijan’s justice minister, who made a speech at the Congress’ session on Wednesday, to the discussions, noting that Azerbaijan is also facing separatism.
/Apa/
