PACE co-rapporteurs for monitoring of Azerbaijan welcome release of Azeri bloggers

Two PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), have welcomed the release by the Azerbaijani authorities of the two bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, APA reports quoting PACE’s website.

"This is an important step forward and a clear sign that the Azerbaijani authorities are willing to resolve the issues that have hindered their co-operation with the Council of Europe. We hope that we can soon welcome further progress on other outstanding issues," they said.

The co-rapporteurs intend to make their next visit in the framework of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure in the first half of February 2011.


/APA/

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