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PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs welcome release of bloggers in Azerbaijan

22/11/2010 Monitoring

The Parliamentary Assembly’s two co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Joseph Debono Grech (Malta, SOC), have welcomed the release by the Azerbaijani authorities of the two bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli.

"This is an important step forward and a clear sign that the Azerbaijani authorities are willing to resolve the issues that have hindered their co-operation with the Council of Europe. We hope that we can soon welcome further progress on other outstanding issues," they said.
 
The co-rapporteurs intend to make their next visit in the framework of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure in the first half of February 2011.