PACE rapporteurs Pedro Agramunt (Spain) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta) on May 19-21, will visit Azerbaijan to monitor the situation to fulfill the country's obligations to the Council of Europe, the press service of the Council of Europe reported.
In Baku talks are scheduled with President Ilham Aliyev, the Ministries of Justice and Internal Affairs and the Attorney General.
The visitors are also scheduled to meet with representatives of political parties, the head of the Supreme Court and the Azerbaijani delegation to the PACE.
Recall that on May 21-13 the CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland will also visit Baku. In addition, on 22 and 23 May meetings of the Bureau and the Standing Committee of the PACE will be held in Baku. – 06B-
Politics
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On January 7, the head of state, Ilham Aliyev, gave an interview to local TV channels. As of 18:00, the content of the interview had not been published.
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In late December, the Nakhchivan Court for Serious Crimes concluded the trial of former Minister of Finance of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR), Rafael Aliyev, and former head of the Nakhchivan Customs Committee’s department, Mansur Askerov. Both were accused of embezzling state budget funds in collusion with others. In his testimony, Askerov revealed that illegal fees were being collected for cargo and from passengers. Sahat Habibbeyli, appointed head of Nakhchivan Customs in 2020, had instructed Askerov to include only a portion of the collected funds in the Transport and International Relations (TIR) program.
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The "Republican Alternative" Party (REAL) has proposed a program to reform local governance ahead of the municipal elections on January 29, aiming to expand opportunities for economic activity at the municipal level. The new program has been developed with consideration of the existing economic problems in the country. The government of Azerbaijan seeks to obtain external loans for its projects, the economic feasibility of which raises doubts.
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On January 7, the head of state signed a decree to raise the salaries of employees in a number of budgetary organizations by 15% starting from January 1.
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