ELMAR MAMMADYAROV AND VARDAN OSKANYAN TO MEET IN STRASBOURG
Today, Azerbaijan
May 19 2006
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov is in Strasbourg, France,
to attend the 116th session of the Council of Europe Committee of
Foreign Ministers scheduled for 18 and 19 May.
Mr. Mammadyarov is expected to meet Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanyan. The Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe 46 member
states will discuss human rights and cooperation between the Council
of Europe and the European Union today.
Russian Federation will take over the presidency of the Committee of
Ministers from Romania, for a period of six months. Mammadyarov will
deliver speech at the session.
At the invitation of Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis,
the Ministers will hold an informal meeting with Martti Ahtisaari,
the United Nations Special Envoy for the future status of Kosovo. The
Ministers will also discuss other major priorities resulting from the
Council of Europe’s Third Summit in Warsaw, namely: the reinforcement
of the Council’s action in support of democracy and good governance,
the development of intercultural dialogue and the Organisation’s
process of internal reform.
Foreign Ministers of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova will have
separate talks on the development of the GUAM alliance, APA reports.
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