Azerbaijani diplomat: PACE winter session to discuss Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections

"The PACE Monitoring Committee will be provided with general information about the parliamentary elections at today's meeting," he said. "The report and debates on the elections will be held during the PACE session in Strasbourg in January."

The PACE Monitoring Committee opened its meeting in Paris. PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan Joseph Debono Grech (Malta) and Pedro Agramunt (Spain) will make a report on their pre-election visit to Azerbaijan.

Seyidov said the electoral process will be regarded as finished only after the Central Election Commission (CEC) completes its work and the Constitutional Court makes a relevant decision.

"It will be possible to address the election results and views on them afterward," he added.

Azerbaijan held the parliamentary elections Nov. 7.The voter turnout hit about 50.14% (roughly 2.48 million voters) in Azerbaijan, the CEC's Elections Information Center told Trend.

The CEC reported that 690 candidates were running for the parliamentary elections. Over 1,000 international observers monitored the elections.


/Trend/