Agenda of Baku visit by President a.i. of CE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities made public

Ian Micallef will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on Sept. 10 to 14, press office of the Council of Europe said.

He will meet Speaker of the Parliament Oqtay Asadov, Chief of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov, as well as members of the Azerbaijani delegations to the Congress and to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).

There will be an exchange of views with representatives of the opposition parties.

Further background discussions are planned with NGOs, media and with representatives of the diplomatic community in Baku.

The aim of the visit is to assess the situation of local democracy in the country after the constitutional referendum of March 18, 2009.

Ian Micallef will report on the results of the visit to the Bureau of the Congress at a meeting in Strasbourg on Sept. 21, 2009.

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