CoE Commission called on Baku to create appropriate conditions for peaceful solution to Karabakh conflictMay 24, 2007 - 19:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Council of Europe's European Commission (CEEC) for Struggle against Racism and Intolerance has published its report on Azerbaijan Thursday. The report indicated a number of progresses during this period, including in the sphere of education. Thus, the situation of accepting in state schools children whose parents do not have citizenship or who are not granted legal position has improved. Besides, a certain work has been carried out in the direction of creating conditions for national minorities to study their native language, as well as protecting their rights. However, some Azeri officials and politicians continue to make statements of racial and provocative character, which encourage religious intolerance. Besides, a certain category of persons who do not have citizenship encounter difficulties in getting legal position, the report says. The document calls on the Azeri government to undertake measures, among which is the necessity to organize trainings for judicial workers in using anti-racism and intolerance legislation. Also the reports offers to create a specialized structure on the struggle against racism and appropriate conditions for peaceful settlement to the Nmagorno Karabakh conflict, Trend reports. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |