Extraordinary session of Milli Majlis to be held
Extraordinary session of Milli Majlis to be held
Milli Majlis will hold an extraordinary session in June, Speaker Sahiba Gafarova said at a parliamentary session on 31 May. Note that 80 deputies appealed on the convocation of an extraordinary session.
As a rule, extraordinary sessions are convened every year in June in connection with the need to finalise the work over bills, which did not have time to pass at the spring session.
To convene an extraordinary session, at least 42 deputies must appeal.--
Politics
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On July 3, within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, a meeting was held between the leaders of Azerbaijan and China - Ilham Aliyev and Xi Jingping, which resulted in the adoption of a Joint Declaration on the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two countries.
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“I very much regret the refusal of the authorities of Azerbaijan to co-operate with the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), which led to unprecedented cancelling of the scheduled CPT’s visit. I was also concerned with the conclusions of the report on the ad hoc visit by the CPT to Azerbaijan”, reads the statement by the president of PACE Theodoros Rousopoulos on July 3.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan on July 12-13, TASS with reference to the newspaper “The News International.” According to the newspaper, during the visit, Aliyev will meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Chief of Staff of the army Asim Munir. Foreign Ministers Jeyhun Bayramov and Ishaq Dar are scheduled to hold talks on bilateral cooperation.
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Today, the Khatai District Court extended the terms of pre–trial detention of activists of the Institute of Democratic Initiatives (IDI) Ali Zeynal, Ilkin Amrahov, Ramil Babayev arrested "in the case of Toplum TV" for another 3 months - until October 6, their lawyers reported. According to the defenders, the decisions to extend the arrests are not justified, and an appeal will be filed against them.
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