PACE to discuss referendum in Azerbaijan

The referendum on amending Azerbaijan’s constitution scheduled for September 26 will be discussed in Paris in October at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Bureau meeting, the press service of Azerbaijan’s parliament said on September 2.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to hold a referendum Sept. 26 for making amendments to the country’s constitution.

Presidential election in Moldova and Bulgaria, parliamentary election in Belarus, Georgia, Jordan, Montenegro, Morocco and other issues will be also discussed at the PACE Bureau meeting.

Azerbaijani MP, chairperson of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Sahiba Gafarova, who will stay in France Sept. 4-10, will take part in the meeting of the Assembly’s Bureau, as well as the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination.