Azeri Parliamentarians Didn’t Accept Leo Platvoet’s Proposal
00:00, June 12, 2006 | News | The Rights of Conflict Victims
Leo Platvoet, the PACE rapporteur on missing, who is in Azerbaijan at present, held a number of
meetings in Milli Mejlis. Mr Platvoet has advanced several proposals that were not accepted by the Azeri
parliamentarians. In order to carry out a detailed investigation Platvoet offered to cooperate with the NGOs of Nagorno
Karabakh.
“We have stated that Nagorno Karabakh is a part of Azerbaijani territory and cooperation with any organization formed
in Karabakh conflicts with Azerbaijan’s state policy. The suggestion that families of the missing can go to Nagorno
Karabakh to search for their relatives was also rejected,” member of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Gyulakin
Hajiyeva said, reported APA Azeri news agency.
The Armenians might be telling the truth. I would take any inomroatifn coming from either side in this region with a HUGE grain of salt including this Azeri claim (there is an excellent chance that it is nothing more than propaganda.)Karabagh has no land border with Turkey anyone trying to get there to attack Turkey has to transit through Armenia proper (whose border with Turkey is closed) or through Azerbaijan itself. They could train in Karabagh and fly via Armenia to northern Iraq (where the PKK is currently.)