“Somehow, we in this Assembly must try to persuade the international community to get serious about the problem between Azerbaijan and Armenia,” said Christopher Chope (United Kingdom, EDG) today in Strasbourg, opening a current affairs debate on the Safarov case.
“Tensions are rising all the time and, although there are political statements, no one seems to be concentrating on the key issue, which is how we enforce the international rule of law, as interpreted by the United Nations Security Council – or the rule of law as we understand it, which expects prisoners who have been condemned and duly sentenced to serve their sentences and not to be glorified by their countries,” he added.
“We must find a way to prevent such occurrences. We can condemn such things, which I think we do, but we need to find a way of resolving the issues so that two member countries of our Council of Europe can live peacefully together,” he concluded.
