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The reports on Nagorno Karabakh debated at the winter session of the PACE will become an obstacle to a settlement of the Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, German MP Axel Fischer said at the PACE session today. He was previously a PACE co-rapporteur on Armenia.

Fischer urged other MPs to treat with respect both sides – Armenia and Azerbaijan, work together, and not escalate the situation.

“It is necessary to work together. Even if we have opposite opinions, our debates should demonstrate that we respect both sides. Only then can progress be achieved,” the German parliamentarian noted. 

As was reported, PACE earlier today voted on the two reports.  “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water” – a scandalous report prepared by Milica Markovic, MP from Bosnia and Herzegovina - was adopted by 98 votes to 71, with 40 abstentions. Another controversial report, “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” by British MP Robert Walter, was rejected in a 66-77 vote.