Terry Davis: "I have sympathy to Azerbaijan"

According to APA, the State Secretary has stated that, if Azerbaijan chose military way for settling the conflict, it might be violation of obligations undertaken by Azerbaijan before Council of Europe: "I am sure that Azerbaijan will fulfill the obligations. If it does not follow the obligations Azerbaijan will face with hardships."

Touching on the issue of secret detention places he does not believe there is any fact like that with regard to Azerbaijan: "I do not have any information about that. Simply I can tell you that like other countries I have asked Azerbaijan government to reply the questionnaire of Council of Europe related to this matter. Azerbaijani part is obliged to reply it. Because it is within the obligations. I do not believe President Ilham Aliyev lets violation of these obligations."

As to the opinion of the Secretary General delegation of the both country in PACE should reflect political context of the parliament. The number of opposition deputies should be proportional with delegation.

Terry Davis said that not existence of the USA representation here is linked with reorganization of the representation: "This will give a chance to effective work of our bureau in Baku. The decision has been made. I will appoint my representative in a short period of time. I will focus attention on two issues during the appointment. First of all, our representative office in Azerbaijan should be a model for our offices in other countries for its effectiveness. Secondly, as I have sympathy to Azerbaijan, our office in the country should function effectively. I attach much more attention to this country as the CE office in Azerbaijan is vacant."