SAMAD SEYIDOV: WE EXPECT FROM THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE’S NEW LEADERSHIP IMPARTIALITY AND THE ACTIVITY REALLY COVERING THE ONGOING PROCESSES IN THE WORLD
APA
Jan 18 2010
Azerbaijan
Baku. Viktoria Dementieva – APA. "The session of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe that will be held on January 25-29
will be very important," head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), MP Samad
Seyidov told APA.
Samad Seyidov said the Azerbaijani delegation was ready for the
session, they would leave for Strasbourg in a few days.
Speaking about the importance of PACE winter session Samad Seyidov
mentioned that PACE President would be elected, CE new Secretary
General would issue a statement.
"Both the PACE President and CE Secretary General will make efforts
to create new atmosphere in the Council of Europe. It is important
for us to participate in this session. We have said several times and
regret that there are double standards inside the Council of Europe.
Therefore, we are looking forward to new persons in the leadership. We
expect from the new leadership of the Council of Europe impartiality
and the activity really covering the ongoing processes in the world,"
he said.
Samad Seyidov said PACE co-rapporteurs for Azerbaijan would come
to Azerbaijan in February, their reports would be ready by the June
session. He said the co-rapporteurs could not prepare the report by
April session.
The parliamentarian also said that discussions on Azerbaijan were
not expected to take place in the winter session.
"But it does not mean that we being the Azerbaijani delegation will
not express Azerbaijan’s position, our views on the ongoing processes
in the committees of the Council of Europe, political groups and
session. You know that the delegation always keeps the problem of
Nagorno Karabakh on the agenda. We will continue our activity in
this direction. We want the Subcommittee, which was once established
in connection with Nagorno Karabakh and later stopped its activity,
to restart," he said.
President of PACE will be elected during the session. Member of
Turkish delegation to PACE Mevlut Cavusoglu has been nominated for
the post of president.