Urgent debate on Azerbaijan included in PACE autumn session agenda
Urgent debate on Azerbaijan included in PACE autumn session agenda
On the first day of the session, September 30, a discussion on the inclusion into the final agenda of the urgent debate "The worsening situation with human rights, the rule of law, and democracy in Azerbaijan" is scheduled.
This issue is tentatively included in the agenda of the session on the first day of the session on 30 September under the wording: «Request(s) for current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure: ‘Deteriorating situation of human rights, rule of law and democracy in Azerbaijan’." https://pace.coe.int/en/files/33709/html.
If this agenda is approved, according to Council of Europe sources, substantive discussions will take place on Thursday 3 October. As a result, recommendations to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on measures against Azerbaijan for failure to fulfill its obligations to the organization may be adopted.
It ought to be noted that the "Vaclav Havel Prize" will also be awarded at the session and one of the three candidates is imprisoned Azerbaijani activist Akif Gurbanov.
A new round of relations escalation between Azerbaijan and the PACE came after Baku imposed an entry ban on the deputies who voted in favor of suspending the powers of the country's delegation in January this year.
President Ilham Aliyev, speaking at a conference in Italy a week ago, said that the ban could be lifted only after the powers of Azerbaijan's delegation to PACE were restored.
In this connection, the head of the Germany delegation to the PACE Frank Schwabe urged Baku not to try to ‘blackmail’ the Council of Europe, but to fulfill its obligations to the organization.
Politics
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hold a two-day meeting of foreign ministers to finalize the remaining Articles of the peace treaty, with the leaders of both countries signing the agreement before COP29 in Baku, Sargis Handanyan, head of the Armenian parliamentary commission on foreign relations, said commenting on Aliyev's recent remarks that he would not sign a partial peace treaty.
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Mammadov's fate remains uncertain in Georgia, where authorities have denied him political asylum. He moved to Georgia in 2017, having previously engaged in public and human rights activities in Azerbaijan but left the country due to fears of persecution.
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On October 18, the third meeting of the "3+3" platform will be held, the Turkish TV channel TRT reported, citing Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. According to Hakan Fidan, the meeting, aimed at promoting peace, stability, and cooperation in the South Caucasus, will include the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, and Russia.
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According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense's press service on October 15, the Azerbaijani army is establishing units composed of recruits with high intellectual capabilities. After completing the basic training program, these recruits will continue their service in special units.
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