Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, will visit the country from 21 to 23 January 2014, to further assess the honouring of its obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
In Baku, the co-rapporteurs are due to meet the Minister of Justice, the Prosecutor General, the Chairperson of the Supreme Court, the Head of the Presidential Administration, representatives of political parties represented in Parliament and extra-parliamentary opposition, the Head of EU delegation and representatives of civil society.
Talks are also scheduled with the Chairperson of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, and with representatives of local authorities and civil society in Nakhchivan. -0-
Politics
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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Afgan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who has been on a dry hunger strike since February 2 in the Tbilisi detention center, lost consciousness on Tuesday evening, his wife Sevinc Sadygova told Turan.
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