TURKISH ANTALYA TO HOST MEETING OF PACE EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY GROUP
Author: J. Shakhverdiyev

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 30 2006

A meeting of the Group of European Democracy of PACE (Paliamentary
Assembly of Council of Europe) is expected to be held in the Turkish
city of Antalya on 2-6 November, 2006, MP Ganira Pashayeva, a member
of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, informed Trend.

Members of the Azerbaijani delegation presented in the PACE European
Democracy Group is Azerbaijani MPs Ganira Pashayeva and Aydin
Mirzazadeh who will participate at the forthcoming meeting.

Ganira Pashayeva pointed out that relations between the Council
of Europe and EU (European Union) are expected to be the centre of
attention with participants of the meeting. "The situation on the
Middle East as well as the future activity of the Group will be
discussed during the meeting", she said.

The MP added that an issue on France’s National Assembly’s passing a
bill that envisages a punishment for denying the so-called Armenian
"genocide" is expected to be discussed by the participants of
the meeting as well. "The forthcoming meeting will also focus its
attention on issues connected with the damage to the European values,
freedom of speech and human rights", said the Azerbaijani MP.

According to her, the issue on relations between Turkey and the EU
will be discussed as well during the forthcoming event.