Jan Lidel-Grainger and Liz Kristoffersen
Baku/02.06.23/Turan: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs on monitoring of Azerbaijan, Jan Liddell-Grenger (UK, EC/DA) and Liz Kristoffersen (Norway, SOC) will make a familiarization visit to the country from June 3 to 7 to assess the implementation of Council of Europe obligations under Resolution PACE 2184 (2017), PACE said in a statement received by the Turan agency.
In Baku, co-rapporteurs are scheduled to have meetings in the Presidential Administration; with the Foreign and Interior Ministers, as well as at the Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary.
As for the Parliament, it is scheduled to meet with the Speaker, the leaders of the political parties represented in the Parliament and the representatives of the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE.
During the visit they will also meet with the representatives of civil society. -16-
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