Ilham Aliyev receives the EU Special Representative for Human Rights
President Ilham Aliyev received on February 24 the EU Special Representative on human rights Stavros Lambrinidis and his delegation.
The sides discussed the situation and prospects in the development of relations in the fields of energy, economy, transport, human rights and democracy. An extensive exchange of views, the website of the President.
Before the visit of the EU representative, dozens of international human rights organizations appealed to him with a request from the Azerbaijani government to release political prisoners, and above all, human rights defenders. -16D04-
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