PACE PRESIDENT RAISES PROBLEMS OF AZERBAIJANI POLITICAL PRISONERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 13, 2010 – 20:31 AMT 15:31 GMT

The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Mr. Mevlut Cavusoglu said that free and fair elections are
of keen importance for Azerbaijan. "Azerbaijan is on the threshold
of parliamentary elections. Besides, Azerbaijan will mark its 10-year
membership in the CoE this year. Thus, during my visit to Azerbaijan,
I stressed that free and fair elections would be the best way to mark
the anniversary," Cavusoglu told a press conference in Yerevan.

Cavusoglu said that during his meetings with the Azerbaijani leadership
he referred to issues of journalists’ and bloggers’ arrests, as well
as political prisoners. "The Azerbaijani leadership promised that
a progress will be recorded in this direction in the near future,"
he said, adding that a PACE president should contribute to the
solution of problems of all CoE member countries and strongly oppose
to application of dual standards in the CoE.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress