Today in Strasbourg the PACE autumn session opened. It will continue until October 2.
The agenda includes a humanitarian and political response to the problem of refugees in Europe and the creation of real asylum system in Europe.
On September 30 thesession will hear the report of the Azerbaijani MP Rafael Huseynov on the topic "Living together in a democratic society and religious freedom."
It will also discuss implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.
The Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić and the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denise Zvizdich, who is currently the Chairman of the CoE Committee of Ministers, will speak before the MPs.
The Assembly will select its Chairman for the next five years. Now the position is held by Wojciech Sawicki.
In addition, the CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland is to answer the questions of the PACE deputies.
Within the session, the PACE President Anne Brasseur will hold a press conference. -16D-
Politics
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The Trump administration this week kicked off fresh conversations with NATO ally Türkiye with focus on bilateral and regional issues, including the peace in the South Caucasus, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on Thursday amending the list of classified information approved under a 2005 presidential order. The changes align with amendments to the country’s laws on "Accounting" and "State Secrets" passed by parliament on December 22, 2023.
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On January 23, the Baku Court of Appeal considered the complaint of Meydan TV journalist Natig Javadli against the refusal to transfer him to house arrest.
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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