Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
June 24 2005

Azerbaijan, Armenia to be in CE focus in the coming months

Baku, June 23, AssA-Irada
Azerbaijan and Armenia will be in focus of the Council of Europe over
the coming months, says chairman of the CE Ministerial Committee,
Portuguese Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas Amaral said.
Speaking to a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Amaral said that a number of documents were passed at the
summit held in Warsaw in spring outlining implementation of future CE
objectives.
`First of all, we must make sure that CE member states comply with
its standards in the area of democratic development, human rights and
the rule of law. Therefore, South Caucasus will be in our focus over
the next few months, considering the important developments relating
to the referendum on constitutional changes in Armenia and the
parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.’*