COE SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS IDPS
Deputy Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov let the guest know that over 220 families ousted from Jabrail, Zangilan, Gubadli, Hojali, Kalbajar, and Lachin regions had been living here for several years, and told of the purposeful measures the Government had been taking for this period to improve social conditions of the people living in encampments.
Mr. Walter Schwimmer visited “apartments” of several refugee families, who told him of the Government’s efforts to improve their living conditions, and demanded the civilized Europe to put an end to the policy of double standards. “Let the Armenia supporters and protectors know that Azerbaijan is strengthening day by day, and people’s patience is not unlimited. We are ready to release our lands any way,” they said.
Council of Europe Secretary General said he realized well the people’s home-sickness and their hard living conditions, and promised the problem would be settled soon. “People should live in peace. This is the principle of the Council of Europe,” Mr. Schwimmer said.
Present at the meeting was permanent representative of the Azerbaijan Republic to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev.
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