Baku/08.04.22/Turan: The Action Plan of the Council of Europe for Azerbaijan for 2022-2025 has been presented. The total budget of the Plan is 9.6 million euros. This plan provides for the convergence of Azerbaijani legislation and its practice with the standards of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
The document is aimed at supporting the efforts of Azerbaijan as a member of the Council of Europe to fulfill its obligations and bring national legislation in line with European and international standards.
Previously, the Council of Europe had action plans for Azerbaijan for 2014-2018 and 2018-2021. The action plans provide for strengthening the judiciary and improving the human rights situation in Azerbaijan.
Have these Plans been useful? Does Azerbaijan fulfill the commitments it made when joining the Council of Europe regarding human rights, holding democratic elections and other issues?
These and other questions are answered by the chairman of the REAL party, Ilgar Mammadov, in the Difficult Question program.
According to him, when the two previous Plans were developed, he was in prison and therefore he cannot say anything about them.
“As for the third Plan, which seems to have been drawn up during this year, covers a 3-year period, touches on the issues of holding elections, democracy, human rights, the rule of law, then neither the EU nor the Azerbaijani government considered it necessary to consult with us - with representatives of the political opposition, with the parliamentary opposition, with political parties,” Mammadov said.
The politician is outraged that the visit of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Maria Pejcinovic-Buric) to Azerbaijan is being organized. The EU and the government, without any consultations with political parties, overnight agree on a Plan that says about the need to improve the conditions for the activities of political parties, the rule of law, about taking measures to ensure fair and fair elections, about freedom of assembly.
“Everything is decided by themselves, they announce it, and the general secretary, and without meeting with anyone, flies away. Apparently, they are going to establish democracy for the first time in the world in the Muslim East without opposition.
All this is outrageous and we expressed our attitude towards such actions,” he said, adding: “When the Plan was drawn up, we were not consulted. Maybe they will listen at least when it is put into practice? After all, without us (the opposition - ed.), it is unlikely that these plans will be realized.” –0—
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AZAL J2-8243 nömrəli Bakı-Qroznı reysini yerinə yetirən “Embraer 190” təyyarəsinin fiziki və texniki kənar müdaxilə nəticəsində qəzaya uğradığına dair məlumat yayıb. Bildirilir ki, aparılan araşdırmaların ilkin nəticələri və uçuşların təhlükəsizliyində yarana biləcək risklər nəzərə alınıb. Buna görə də Azərbaycan Dövlət Mülki Aviasiya Agentliyinin qərarına əsasən Bakıdan Rusiyanın 10 şəhərinə uçuşlar dayandırılıb.
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Sources within the Azerbaijani government confirmed exclusively to Euronews on Thursday that the crash of an AZAL plane in Aktau on Wednesday was caused by a Russian surface-to-air missile. According to the sources, the missile was launched at the aircraft, operating flight 8432, during a drone attack on Grozny. The missile exploded near the plane, injuring two passengers and a flight attendant with its shrapnel.
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This morning, an AZAL passenger plane, operating the Baku-Grozny flight, crashed. According to AZAL, there were 62 passengers and 5 crew members aboard the crashed passenger plane, a total of 67 people. The passengers on board included 16 citizens of Russia, 37 citizens of Azerbaijan, 6 citizens of Kazakhstan, and 3 citizens of Kyrgyzstan.
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The recent arrests, messages to the West from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in interviews with Russian media, the European Parliament’s resolution on repression against civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan, and calls for sanctions have been discussed by Seymour Hazi, Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, on the program "A Difficult Question."
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