06/06/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” from 10 to 12 June 2013, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, ...
03/06/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon has wished the Armenian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers a success during meetings in Yerevan with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and President Serzh Sargsyan. “I am entirely at your disposition to make it so,” the President said.
29/05/2013 | President
At the end of his official visit to Georgia, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon has welcomed the democratic transition of power in the country following the parliamentary elections in October 2012, which were generally considered by observers to have been free and fair. He invited the authorities, and all political forces, to continue developing a culture of political cohabitation, calling for mutual respect between the different parties.
27/05/2013 | President
During a visit to Baku, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today called for reinforced co-operation between Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe, with a view to preparing for the forthcoming Azerbaijani chairmanship of the Council's Committee of Ministers, beginning in May 2014.
24/05/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to Azerbaijan from 26 to 28 May, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the leaders of the political parties in Parliament, and members of the Parliamentary Committee on international and inter-parliamentary relations.
24/05/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to Georgia from 28 to 29 May, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament, the Minister for Foreign Affairs...
21/05/2013 | President
“Its link with national parliaments is fundamental for the PACE, and we can be effective only if we strengthen that link”, said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Representatives in Brussels today...
16/05/2013 | President
In his address to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe at its 123rd session, PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, today called for reinforcement of Council of Europe action in the fields of democracy, human rights and rule of law.
14/05/2013 | President
Turkey is an indispensable partner for promoting the aims and values of the Council of Europe, PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, said today, speaking during an official visit to the country (13-15 May). The President, speaking in Ankara following a meeting with President Abdullah Gül and other leading officials in the country, said that Turkey, with its solid democratic system, was an example for the whole region...
11/05/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, speaking on the eve of an official visit to Turkey, has strongly condemned the attacks in the town of Rehyanli, close to the Syrian border. “I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims, and my support to all who are working on behalf of those affected. I also express my support for the Turkish authorities [...]. The perpetrators of these explosions tried to spread panic and destabilise the region. They will not succeed."
10/05/2013 | President
PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, will make an official visit to Turkey from 13 to 15 May, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for the Family and Social Policy.
07/05/2013 | President
PACE and the European Parliament must speak with one voice in the fields of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon underlined at the end of his two-day visit to the European Parliament in Brussels, on 6 and 7 May.