Armenia to boycott PACE discussions on Karabakh

Armenia will boycott renewed discussions on the Nagorny Karabakh conflict at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).

The talks have been championed by PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu, who intends to revive a PACE subcommittee tasked with facilitating a peaceful resolution of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict during the assembly’s winter session later this month.

“If PACE revives the activities of the subcommittee… the Armenian delegation will boycott it and not take part in its work,” Zohrabyan said.

She said Cavusoglu and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu would seek to restore the subcommittee and lend support to Azerbaijan.