He faces a trial for money laundering. Although one fifth of MPs at the Council of Europe called for an urgent inquiry in January, assembly leaders failed to take a decision at their last meeting in March.
“We know that our Armenian colleagues are interested in restoring the transit. Today, the President of Abkhazia also said that he isn’t against it. This is why this doesn’t depend on us anymore, rather on the other countries, where the transit is being carried out,” he said.
“We may suppose that under chaotic situation Turkey, perhaps, is more dangerous for Armenia. And being an autocratic leader, Erdogan may do what he wants, which is more dangerous to us.”
Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu addressed accusations against OSCE/ODIHR and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on their critical report published over the constitutional referendum in Turkey held on April 16, Anadolu reports.
Active protests are being held mainly in Istanbul. Thousands of women announce they will not allow a regime of a one person. The protesters demanded to annul the referendum results
According to the analyst by saying third countries Dehghan also means the countries, which in case of resolution will attempt to send a peacekeeping mission to Karabakh, which isn’t in line with Iran’s interests either.
“Now the leading power has bigger resources to exert pressure over the part centralized in big cities, they are reporters, political scientists, human right defenders, environmentalists and etc. I don’t observe any opportunity that democracy supporters were able to win Erdogan at least until 2019, when these changes will come into force,” he said.
They kept posters entitled “No, we will win”, urging to annul the referendum results. According to Cumhuriyet newspaper, a large number of people were detained during the protests in Izmir and Antalya.
“Our monitoring showed the ‘Yes’ campaign dominated the media coverage and this, along with restrictions on the media, the arrests of journalists and the closure of media outlets, reduced voters’ access to a plurality of views.”
Referendum day proceeded in an orderly and efcient manner in the limited number of polling stations visited by international observers. In some cases, access for ODIHR observers during the opening and voting in polling stations was either denied or limited.
