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Azerbaijan’s Deputy Justice Minister addresses conference organized by Council of Europe and government of the Netherlands
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17 Nov 2009 17:51 ]
Utrecht. Fuad Gulubayli – APA. Deputy Justice Minister of Azerbaijan Vilayat Zahirov addressed the ministerial conference organized by the Council of Europe and the government of Netherlands in Utrecht, APA’s Europe bureau reports. Zahirov said the report made by Minister of Public Administration and Local Government of Finland Mari Kiviniemi on strengthening the activity of the Council of Europe was very important for improving the work of the Council of Europe in the field of local and regional democracy. He said Council of Europe’s strengthening its relations with other international organizations will help member states find answers to such global threats as economic crisis, national extremism and terrorism. Deputy Minister said the forum will offer opportunities to determine new priorities and give an impetus to the development of the local democracy in the CE member states.
Expert of Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative of the Open Society Institute, Professor Kenneth Davey made a report on the impact of the economic crisis on the local and regional authorities and cooperation of the bordering countries. Vilayat Zahirov said he supported the views on financing the local authorities, meeting the needs of the citizens, organizing effective cooperation and facilitating the business sphere for eliminating economic crisis. Touching on the cooperation of the bordering states, Deputy Minister underlined that Azerbaijan ratified European framework convention and additional protocols.
“We are developing our cooperation with Turkey, Russia, Georgia and other neighbors. But such cooperation is impossible with Armenia that occupied Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding regions. As a result of Armenia’s aggression against our country, 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories have been occupied, one million people have been displaced. We are sure that after the occupation ends, the relations with this neighboring country will be normalized,” he said.
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