MP PASHAYEVA: PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS "LINGERING CONFLICTS" IN ARMENIA
Author: E. Javadova
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 5 2006
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE) is expected to discuss "lingering conflicts" on
the territory of FSU during aw meeting to be held in Armenia. The
decision on this issue was made during the meeting of the PACE
Monitoring Committee held in Strasburg today (October 5), Trend
reports referring to the MP.
According to Ganira Pashayeva, the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh which
is a part of Azerbaijan is also referred to "lingering conflicts",
therefore, they will focused their attention on this issue as well.
"In addition, the forthcoming visit of Russell Johnston, Head of the
PACE Subcommittee for Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed. Mr. Johnston is
expected to pay his visit to Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Armenia
very soon. During the meeting, the visit of PACE Co-Rapporteurs on
Azerbaijan Andreas Herkel and Tony Lloyd to the region which was
scheduled for the end of October was discussed as well. During the
discussions, the particular attention was paid to the laws "On Freedom
of Gatherings" and "On Election Code", pointed out the MP.
According to Ganira Pashayeva, during the meeting held, one of the
issues put forward to discussion was devoted to the sitting of the
Media Subcommission scheduled for November, as well as the sitting
of the Political Committee to be held in Baku on December 11.