PACE co-rapporteur to visit Baku

Pedro Agramunt (Spain), co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will be visiting the country on 26-28 November 2012 to assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe, a statement by PACE says Friday.

In Baku, he will hold talks with the President Ilham Aliyev, the Speaker of Parliament, the Foreign, Interior and Justice Ministers, and the leaders of the political parties represented in Parliament. Meetings are also scheduled with the President of the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General and NGO representatives.

The report will be debated at the next Assembly session (21-25 January 2013).

Agramunt will give a press conference at the Council of Europe Office in Baku on 28 November.


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