Baku, Azerbaijan, July 7
Trend:
The European Parliament ratified a document between Azerbaijan and the European Union ensuring Azerbaijan’s participation in the EU programs.
The plenary session of the European Parliament held a voting July 6 in Strasbourg on the document titled “Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Union programmes.”
The document was approved with 577 votes in favor of it and 67 votes against it. Fifty-one people abstained to vote.