CHAIRMAN OF PACE SUB-COMMITTEE ON NAGORNO KARABAKH TO BE APPOINTED IN OCTOBER

Azeri Press Agency
Aug 20 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Lachin Sultanova-APA. "Appointment of the Chairman of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Sub-Committee on
Nagorno Karabakh is reviewed and decided by CE Bureau, Samad Seyidov,
head of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE told APA.

"Nomination of candidates, discussions and hearing the opinions of
Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations take long time", said Seyidov
and added that the chairman of PACE Sub-Committee would be appointed
at the PACE session in October.

British parliamentarian Lord Russell Johnston, who has chaired the
Sub-Committee since its establishing in January 2005, died last month.