19/02/2004 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Terry Davis (United Kingdom, SOC) visited Nagorno-Karabakh, Yerevan and Baku from 23 to 27 February in the framework of a report he is preparing on behalf of the Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee on “the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference”. Following earlier visits to Yerevan and Baku in April 2003, he was asked by the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to go to the region. He visited Stepanakert, Aghdam and Shusi/Shusha before travelling on to Yerevan and Baku for meetings with both heads of state as well as senior government members. The two countries pledged to seek a peaceful settlement of the conflict when they joined the Council of Europe in January 2001, although in January 2004 the Assembly noted “no progress” on the question. The report is due to be presented before the autumn.
01/01/2004 | Political Affairs and Democracy
11-15 January, Cyprus – Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, LDR), the Political Affairs Committee’s rapporteur on the situation in Cyprus, visited the island in preparation for his report, which is on the agenda of the Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly (26-30 January 2004). Mr Eörsi was received by Tassos Papadopoulos, President of the Republic of Cyprus, and met with Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader. He had also talks with the leaders of the main political parties from both Cypriot communities.