Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities to send delegation to observe municipal elections in Azerbaijan

Prior to the election day, the delegation will meet with representatives of government, opposition and electoral bodies.

An exchange of views with media experts is planned to discuss developments, after the pre-election mission carried out by the Congress on Dec. 7-8.

On election day the observation teams will monitor the vote in different areas of the country.

A press conference will be held on Thursday on Dec. 24  9.30 am in Baku (Atropat Hotel, Icheri Sheher, 11-13-79 Magomayev str.).

Members of the delegation include Mrs Gaye Doganoglu (Turkey, EPP/CD), Head of Delegation, Mr Istvan Borbely (Hungary, EPP/CD), Mr Jean-Claude Frécon (France, SOC), Mr Mihkel Juhkami (Estonia, EPP/CD), Mrs Amy Koopmanschap (Netherlands, SOC), Mr Francis Lec (France, SOC), Mr Nigel Mermagen (UK, ILDG), Mr Dobrica Milovanovic (Serbia, NI), Mr Christopher Newbury (UK, EPP/CD), Mr Paolo Rondelli (San Marino, SOC) and Mr Jean-Louis Testud (France, EPP/CD).

The Congress Secretariat includes Mr Jean-Philippe Bozouls, Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Local Authorities, Mrs Renate Zikmund, Head of the Division of Communication, International Relations and Election Observation, Mrs Lucrezia Titi, Communication Assistant and Mrs Nioucha Ziaemoghadam, Assistant.

/AzerTaj/