EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HOLDS DEBATE ON AZERBAIJAN

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Aug 27 2007

Two-hour debates started in the European parliament on Azerbaijan and
Jordan, the parliament’s press service told APA. Head of Azerbaijani
representative office in European Union Emin Eyyubov is attending
the debates on "Human rights in European Neighborhood Policy".

Chief of Azerbaijani National Committee of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly
Arzu Abdullayeva has also been invited to the debates. The discussions
focus on the implementation of European Neighborhood Policy principles,
state of democratic rights and freedoms, state of media, integration
into Europe and other issues.

Frozen conflicts – problems of Nagorno Karabakh, Transdnestria,
Abkhazia and South Ossetia will be debated today at the meeting of
European Parliament’s subcommittee on human rights. Representative of
European Union Foreign Policy Council Niku Popesku and representative
of Cambridge International Research Center Martin Ies Bielavski will
make report on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.