PACE winter session begins today

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 22 2007

[ 22 Jan. 2007 15:53 ]

Winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
begins today in Strasbourg, France, APA European bureau reports.

The main issue on the agenda of the session is the situation in
Kosovo and children’s rights. The delegation led by Samad Seyidov
will represent Azerbaijan in the session to last till January 26. The
head of the delegation Samad Seyidov told the APA correspondent in
Strasbourg that though there is no point directly connected with
Azerbaijan on the agenda, there are issues interesting for Azerbaijan.

"Among these issues we can mention the discussion of Armenia’s
commitments of the PACE, as well as the discussion of the report on
missing people in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia prepared by Leo
Platvoet in the meeting of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and
Population. Besides, the meeting of Subcommittee on Nagorno Karabakh
will be held according to resolution #1416. Exchange of views will
be held between the heads of the delegations of both countries and
the co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan and Armenian will participate in
the meeting," he said.

Samad Seyidov said that Azerbaijani delegation has thoroughly prepared
for the session.

"I think that the delegation will actively participate in the
session. The decisions to be held in the Monitoring Committee on
Azerbaijan’s fulfilling commitments are more important for us,"
he said.

Constantinople Patriarch Varfolomey I will make speech on cultures
and religions in today’s meeting, the issues on narcotism and sexual
violation in Europe will be discussed, the CE Secretary General Terry
Davis will make speech and hold press conference. The discussion of
the relations between Russia and Georgia has been removed from the
agenda. The reason is that the ambassador withdrawn from Georgia
by Russia returned to Tbilisi. The co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring
Committee on Russia and Georgia are assigned to observe the relation
between the two countries and to make a report in April session on
it. /APA/