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Mrs. Yelena Tevdoradze, deputy of Georgia parliament and member of PACE monitoring committee, made a statement at TV Company “Mze” that the Armenian party has required reconsideration of territorial conflicts in Georgia in the PACE winter session. She said Armenia also demanded the presence of de-fact presidents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia Sergei Bagamsha and Eduard Kokoiti during such discussions.

In this relation, David Harutunyan, PACE delegation head and member of monitoring committee said: “First, the Armenian delegation did not propose any suggestion at PACE winter session in Paris relating to territorial conflicts in Georgia. In fact, PACE monitoring committee held a session in Paris and one of the agenda issues was the continuation of the committee’s activities in relation to “frozen” conflicts, taking into consideration the positive assessment given to the committee members in Berlin Conference in 2007. Particularly, the issue on organization of regular hearings was discussed dedicated to the progress in peace settlement of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhaz and South Ossetian conflicts. Secondly, the draft document prepared by the secretary of the committee, there was a point saying the committee may consider the expediency of attracting representatives of parties interested in peace settlement, including representatives of civil society. The Armenian party supported that approach approving the expediency of inviting conflicting parties to the hearings and expressed assurance that their participation in such hearings will serve the effectiveness of the dialogue and creation of atmosphere of trust as well as mutual understanding. To my regret and amazement, the approaches mentioned by me were changed and distorted up to the level of being unrecognized by Mrs. Tevdoradze. I believe such a distortion is out of constructive realm and does not comply with the spirit of friendly relations between our countries.”