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Soares named Special Representative for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Baku, July 12 (AzerTAc). Joao Soares has been named Special Representative for the Caucasus, including for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the 20th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Belgrade, Serbia.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou announced the appointment in the plenary of the Session after consulting with the delegations of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
“Joao Soares has extensive knowledge and personal relationships with important interlocutors in the region. In addition, he has the necessary diplomatic skills to help bring people of all backgrounds together and focus the needed political attention on the continuing conflicts in the Caucasus. I look forward to his work adding a parliamentary component to ongoing discussions,” President Efthymiou said.
“I am honored to fill this role to help build stronger bridges between parliamentarians in the area, reinforce ongoing discussions throughout the Caucasus, and do what we can to support the OSCE Minsk Group process to bring about lasting peace in the region,” Soares said.
Soares, a former president of the Assembly, has traveled extensively in the region, including to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, in the last eight years.
Chairwoman of the Milli Majlis`s committee for human rights Rabiyyat Aslanova expressed hope Soares would play a certain role in the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
More than 230 parliamentarians from 53 countries voted on 10 July to pass the Belgrade Declaration, a political document filled with recommendations for national parliaments and the Organization for Security and Co-operation Europe on economic, security and human rights issues. The document contains resolutions on issues including human rights, cyber security, human trafficking, hunger, internet freedom, nuclear safety and organ trafficking.
“This Belgrade Declaration should remind us all that the best days of the OSCE are ahead of us,” said President Petros Efthymiou.
“Since our beginning our region has constantly changed, and now it is imperative for the OSCE to change as well. We look forward to governments, parliaments and the OSCE implementing these recommendations.”
Parliamentarians re-elected President Efthymiou to a second one-year term on the final day of the Session.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou announced the appointment in the plenary of the Session after consulting with the delegations of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
“Joao Soares has extensive knowledge and personal relationships with important interlocutors in the region. In addition, he has the necessary diplomatic skills to help bring people of all backgrounds together and focus the needed political attention on the continuing conflicts in the Caucasus. I look forward to his work adding a parliamentary component to ongoing discussions,” President Efthymiou said.
“I am honored to fill this role to help build stronger bridges between parliamentarians in the area, reinforce ongoing discussions throughout the Caucasus, and do what we can to support the OSCE Minsk Group process to bring about lasting peace in the region,” Soares said.
Soares, a former president of the Assembly, has traveled extensively in the region, including to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, in the last eight years.
Chairwoman of the Milli Majlis`s committee for human rights Rabiyyat Aslanova expressed hope Soares would play a certain role in the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
More than 230 parliamentarians from 53 countries voted on 10 July to pass the Belgrade Declaration, a political document filled with recommendations for national parliaments and the Organization for Security and Co-operation Europe on economic, security and human rights issues. The document contains resolutions on issues including human rights, cyber security, human trafficking, hunger, internet freedom, nuclear safety and organ trafficking.
“This Belgrade Declaration should remind us all that the best days of the OSCE are ahead of us,” said President Petros Efthymiou.
“Since our beginning our region has constantly changed, and now it is imperative for the OSCE to change as well. We look forward to governments, parliaments and the OSCE implementing these recommendations.”
Parliamentarians re-elected President Efthymiou to a second one-year term on the final day of the Session.
