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Ago groupâ€™s visit schedule publicized

29 June 2007 15:01 (UTC +04:00)

Permanent Swedish representative to the Council of Europe Per SjÃ¶gren will chair the group that will be composed of German Ambassador Eberhard KÃ¶lsch, French Ambassador Bruno Guen, Latvian ambassador Peteris Elferts, Romanian Ambassador Stellan Stolan and Russian Ambassador Alexander Alekseyev. They will be accompanied by CE secretariat officials Puarel, Aarnio-Lvoff and Cheliento.
The current state of the relations between Azerbaijan and the Council of Europe, fulfillment of commitments, election legislation, activity of local authorities, independence of courts, freedom of media and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be mainly debated at the meetings with the Ago group.
The monitoring group is scheduled to meet President Ilham Aliyev, Head of Presidentâ€™s Office Ramiz Mehdiyev, parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, chief of Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov, chief of National Television and Radio Council Nushiravan Maharramli. The Ago group is also expected to take part in the roundtable on â€œThe Activity of the judicial systemâ€ with the participation of Justice Minister, Prosecutor General, chairmen of Constitutional and Supreme Courts, chief of the Bar and Ombudsman. /APA/