Azer Tag, Azerbaijan
June 17 2005
FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS STRASBOURG
[June 17, 2005, 12:59:07]
Visiting Strasbourg Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov
met here with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Tarry Davis,
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
(PACE) Bruno Haller, Director General of the PACE Secretariat Mateo
Sorinas and members of the AGO Group of Committee of Ministers on
Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The meetings reportedly focused on a wide range of issues including
settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh,
existing situation in Azerbaijan on the eve of the November
parliamentary elections in the country, setting up and future activity
of a Task Force comprising representatives of Government, Parliament
and non-governmental organizations to investigate the cases presumed
“political prisoners” , latest steps on democratization and others.
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov informed about work under way in
above-mentioned fields and position of the Azerbaijan Government on
the concrete issues.