10/02/2010 Monitoring
Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC) and Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD) started yesterday a fact-finding visit to Azerbaijan in view to finalise their report on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan vis-à-vis the Council of Europe. Yesterday in Ganja, they met with representatives of local authorities, the Prosecutor, the Chair of Appeal Court and the Chief of Police.
Talks are scheduled today and tomorrow in Baku, with, among others, the President of the Republic, Speaker of Parliament, Ministers of Justice and National Security, the Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission. The co-rapporteurs will also meet with medias representatives, the Ombudsperson and members of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE.