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PACE Co-rapporteurs to Prepare Report on Azerbaijan

Society Materials 18 March 2008 19:50 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 18 March /corr. Trend K.Ramazanova / In May, the PACE co-rapporteurs will prepare a report regarding the situation in Azerbaijan after the second visit of the co-rappoteurs to Baku, the PACE co-rappoteur, Andreas Herkel, reported to Trend by telephone from Strasburg on 18 March.

"We will prepare the report depending on the development of the Country," he said. According to him, there are no progresses in Azerbaijan with regards to the political prisoners.

In addition, he said that jailed journalists present threats for the Freedom of Speech.

On 18 March, meeting of the PACE Monitoring Committee took place in Paris. Azerbaijan was represented at the meeting by the Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE, Samad Seyidov.

On 7 Jan 2001, Azerbaijan joined a full-right membership to the Council of Europe and undertook the obligations.

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