PACE FALL SESSION ENDS
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 5 2007
Fall session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)
is over. APA Europe bureau reports that no direct debates were held
concerning Azerbaijan.
Official opening ceremony was held and migration problems were debated
on the first day of the plenary session.
Member of Azerbaijani parliament Gultakin Hajiyeva presented her
report #11351 on the activities of the international organization
for migration (IOM). The report was highly appreciated by PACE.
The issues interesting Azerbaijan, such as decriminalisation of
defamation and budget of the Council of Europe were also debated at
the session.
Heads and political figures of a number of countries were invited
to the one-week session. Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament was also
among them.
Ogtay Asadov attended PACE meetings on October 3-4. In the framework
of his visit speaker met with PACE Secretary General Terry Davis,
PACE President Rene van der Linden and head of Ago group Per Sjogren.
Ogtay Asadov also met with heads of delegations of several countries.
One more meeting took place between chairman of PACE subcommittee
for Nagorno Karabakh Lord Russell-Johnston and heads of Azerbaijani
and Armenian delegations. Causes of the delay of PACE delegation’s
visit to the conflict zone were debated during the meeting.
Next session of PACE will be held in January next year.