11/04/2019 | 11:21:41 Thank you for this great opportunity to express my views on this subject. I will be very brief, in view of the time. It is important to understand that we have all come from our national parliaments to be fair and honourable in this house of democracy. In the parliament of my country, we have representatives of the ruling party, opposition members and independent members of parliament. Independent members belong neither to the opposition nor to the ruling party, but they have the right to be... 08/04/2019 | 15:55:50 First, I congratulate you on your excellent chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. In 2015, the European Court of Human Rights delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Chiragov and Others v. Armenia, which concerned the illegal forced displacement of civilians from the Lachin district of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Most importantly, the judgment put an end to Armenia’s persistent denial of its responsibility for the occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan and established that... 08/04/2019 | 12:54:31 A lot of things are changing in our region, but not the hate speech from our Armenian colleagues. It has seriously undermined the efforts that they have tried to present to the Assembly as democratic. Such speech could and should be an example in the Assembly’s forthcoming discussion of hate speech, but I do not want to interfere in that matter. The progress report is very important. It is difficult for me to recall a time when during the discussion of progress reports the Assembly has not... 24/01/2019 | 15:51:37 The world we live in has become a little bit more secure and stable because of the enormous efforts of the international community in fighting terrorists, including ISIS, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and other terrorist organisations. Turkey’s role in this fight against evil is enormous and difficult to overestimate. Turkey has not only spent billions of dollars to help the victims of this war and resettled millions of refugees from Syria and Iraq but has sacrificed its sons and daughters for... 22/01/2019 | 19:29:14 This is really strange. When someone asks you to do something about steps you have never taken, that is ridiculous. This discussion is a vivid example of where we are in the Council of Europe. Just 10 years ago, the Council of Europe was proud to be in Azerbaijan with 47 ministers of culture and representatives of 10 ministries of culture in Islamic countries to sign the so-called Baku Declaration on mutual understanding, intercultural relations, a common future and human rights. After 10... 21/01/2019 | 17:32:54 As we are discussing the neighbouring countries of Georgia and Azerbaijan, it is very important to present some information about my country, Azerbaijan. First, I wish to react to the statement made by the co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, earlier. I wish to express my regret and disappointment at the co-ordinated efforts to use the case of Mehman Huseynov to attack my country and create a bad image of Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, some colleagues from the Parliamentary Assembly... 24/01/2018 | 12:29:19 You said that you were a leader in the war against Azerbaijan. Why did you not mention the Khojaly massacre, in which approximately 800 kids, elderly people and women were killed by Armenians? Why did you not mention the ethnic cleansing – 100% in Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven surrounding regions? And now you try to mislead the international community. How can you organise your policy if you are not ready to implement what the resolutions of this Organisation and other organisations – the...