CE WILL FOCUS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN WITHIN NEXT MONTHS

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Azerbaijan will be in focus of the Council of Europe (CE) within the next months, stated Chairman of the CE Committee of Ministers, Portuguese Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral. When addressing the PACE meeting the Portuguese FM reminded that in the course of the CE Warsaw Summit in spring a number of documents were adopted, by means of which CE further tasks should be implemented. «First of all we have to be sure that the Council of Europe member states meet the organization standards of promotion of democracy, protection of human rights and supremacy of law,» he said. "Thereupon within the next months the South Caucasus will be in focus of our attention taking into account the important developments referring to the constitutional amendments in Armenia and parliamentary election in Azerbaijan," the Chairman of the CE Committee of Ministers stated.
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