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Ogtay Asadov to take part in major European parliamentary summit in Strasbourg

18 September 2012 14:40 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementyeva-APA. The delegation led by oqtay Asadov will attend the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments from 20 to 21 September 2012. Around 350 delegates are expected at the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments, held under the auspices of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which will be debating three major topical issues: The future of the European Court of Human Rights Role of national parliaments,challenges for national parliaments and the Arab revolutions: challenges and opportunities. APA reports quoting to the website of the Conference.

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Jean Cloud Minyon will also address the conference, as well as the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, in respect of the Albanian chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.

The first European Speakersâ€™ Conference was held in 1975. It takes place every two years, hosted alternately in Strasbourg and a capital of a Council of Europe member state.