HUMAN RIGHTS AND COOPERATION BETWEEN COE AND EU ON FMS AGENDA

Today, Azerbaijan
May 18 2006

The Committee of Foreign Ministers from the 46 member states of the
Council of Europe will hold its 116th session on Thursday 18 and
Friday 19 May in Strasbourg.

This meeting will mark the end of the current Romanian presidency,
which will be succeeded by that of the Russian Federation, AzerTAg
informs.

As is informed, the meeting of Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of
Azerbaijan, with Vardan Oskanyan his Armenian counterpart in the frame
of the session is planned as well. Elmar Mammadyarov visits Strasbourg
in order to partake at 116th session of Committee of Ministers Council
of Europe on May 17. Discussions on Human Rights and Cooperation with
European Union will be the topics of the discussions.

As stated, Romania will turn over its chairmanship at Committee of
Ministers to Russia. FM of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan
Oskanian of Armenia will hold next round of the negotiations on
settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict in framework of ‘Prague
Process’. The new ideas submitted by the OSCE Minsk Group will be
the main objects of discussions.

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