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The head of the Armenian parliamentary delegation to Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (PA), the chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, Armen Ashotyan on Friday delivered a speech at the ongoing conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, the press office of the standing committee reports.

Armen Ashotyan thanked the Euronest PA Secretariat and the Azerbaijani delegation for the organization of the conference and the invitation and touched upon the decision of the Armenian delegation’s arrival to Baku. He noted that it had been greatly conditioned by the fact that, first of all, Armenia considered itself as a bearer of the system of values of Europe and part of the family and consequently, could not refrain from participating in such an important conference and discussions. In this context Mr. Ashotyan underlined Armenia’s participation in the Euronest PA, highlighted the signing of the RA-EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement.

The Armenian official has also referred to a number of Azerbaijani speakers during the conference: the attempts of turning the platform of the conference for the women’s health care and social problems into anti-Armenian propaganda and has noted the Armenian delegation is in Baku for the discussion of the very themes of the conference, not for the discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

In this context, Ashotyan has also underlined the fact that in conflicts all conflicting sides suffer, hence, it is necessary to listen to all sides and discuss the existing issues within the framework of human rights and humanity irrespective of political, ethnic and religious differences. He has urged the Azerbaijani side not to feed future generations with Armenophobia and xenophobia, which will have its negative consequences on the whole region.

Mr Ashotyan also touched upon the problems of the formation of the anti-Armenian stereotypes in the Azerbaijani educational system and urged them to eradicate Armenophobia and xenophobia.

At the end of his speech Armen Ashotyan also conveyed to the Deputy Minister of Azerbaijan the work ‘Azerbaijan: childhood in hate’, which proves the Armenophobia and hatred propaganda in Azerbaijan.