Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 25
By Anakhanum Khidayatova - Trend:
Spanish lawmaker Pedro Agramunt has replaced incumbent Anne Brasseur as the president of PACE.
Agramunt was a member of the Spanish delegation in the European Security and Defence Assembly/Assembly of WEU (Western European Union) since 2000, pertaining to its Committee of Presidents, the Defence Committee and the Political Committee, which was Chairman. Moreover, he was the president of the Federated Group of Christian Democrats and European Democrats. Agramunt has worked as co-rapporteur of PACE Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan.
A regular session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has started in Strasbourg Jan. 25.
Two reports on Azerbaijan will be discussed during the session.
January 26, participants of the session will discuss the report on "Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan" prepared by MP Robert Walter (UK), and the report by MP Milica Markovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) "Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water".
In addition, President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev is expected to give speech at the session.
The MPs will also discuss the issue of migration crisis in Europe, strengthening of role and protection of human rights in Council of Europe member countries.
Election to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will take place at the PACE session.
The session will end on January 29.