Baku / 07.10.17 / Turan: The delegation of the Milli Majlis is leaving for Strasbourg on October 8 to attend the autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Delegations under the leadership of Samad Seyidov also include Rafael Huseynov, Vusal Huseynov, Sevinj Fatalieva, Ganira Pashayeva, Sabir Hajiyev, Rovshan Rzayev, and Sahiba Gafarova, reported the press service of the Milli Majlis.
The agenda of the session, which will be held on October 9-13, includes two issues concerning Azerbaijan. On October 11, the report will be considered: "The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan", written by the co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee Stefan Schennac and Cesar Florin Preda.
On the same day, another report will be heard: "Steps taken in Azerbaijan in the field of respect for human rights during the country's chairmanship of the Council of Europe (May-November 2014). This report was prepared by the Belgian deputy Allen Desteks.
However, in September, after the publication of the investigation of the "Azerbaijani Laundromat", which was about lobbying in PACE in favor of official Baku, Destek resigned as him name was mentioned in the investigation. --06D-
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