POLITICS
Pre-electoral PACE delegation to Azerbaijan issues statement
Baku, September 24, AZERTAC
The pre-electoral delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has issued a statement on results of their visit to Baku.
The delegation welcomed the openness of the Azerbaijani authorities, noting the invitations to a large number of international organisations to observe the forthcoming parliamentary elections, the PACE monitoring group’s statement published on the PACE website said.
According to the statement, a large number of independent interlocutors stressed that progress has been made since the last parliamentary elections five years ago.
The pre-electoral mission delegation was informed by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) about the preparations for the parliamentary elections.
“According to the CEC, no complaints have been submitted to it so far,” the statement said.