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PACE fall session ends

05 October 2007 14:09 (UTC +04:00)

Official opening ceremony was held and migration problems were debated on the first day of the plenary session.
Member of Azerbaijani parliament Gultakin Hajiyeva presented her report #11351 on the activities of the international organization for migration (IOM). The report was highly appreciated by PACE.
The issues interesting Azerbaijan, such as decriminalisation of defamation and budget of the Council of Europe were also debated at the session.
Heads and political figures of a number of countries were invited to the one-week session. Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament was also among them.
Ogtay Asadov attended PACE meetings on October 3-4. In the framework of his visit speaker met with PACE Secretary General Terry Davis, PACE President RenÃ© van der Linden and head of Ago group Per SjÃ¶gren.
Ogtay Asadov also met with heads of delegations of several countries.
One more meeting took place between chairman of PACE subcommittee for Nagorno Karabakh Lord Russell-Johnston and heads of Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations. Causes of the delay of PACE delegationâ€™s visit to the conflict zone were debated during the meeting.
Next session of PACE will be held in January next year. /APA/