POLITICS
REGULAR MEETING OF PACE BUREAU HELD IN PARIS
A regular meeting of the Bureau of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly took place in Paris on May 24. Head of Azerbaijan’s delegation to PACE, its Bureau member Samad Seyidov told AzerTAj reporter that during the spring session, the deputies had heard reports by candidates to the office of the Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer, Terry Davis and Kristiina Ojuland and exchanged views on their activities. The meeting also adopted the PACE June session agenda, in which the issues related to the latest President Ilham Aliyev’s decrees on pardon, development of democracy in Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan - European Union cooperation had not been included.
According to Mr. S. Seyidov, no question concerning Nagorno-Karabakh problem is expected to be included in the agenda, as well.