Congress delegation hopes to meet with Azerbaijani opposition leaders before municipal elections on 23 December

“We regret that the delegation of the Congress did not have the opportunity to meet the opposition parties of Azerbaijan yesterday to discuss the situation before the municipal elections on 23 December.

The delegation is ready to listen to the opposition at a later stage, it places great importance on a free and open discussion with political leaders of the country.

Therefore, the delegation regretted not to have been able, during the pre-electoral mission, to hold a meeting with the opposition parties, because we consider that an exchange of views between the opposition and the international community is in the interest of the democratic development of Azerbaijan”, said Gaye Doganoglu (Turkey, EPP/CD), Head of the Congress delegation."

 

On behalf of the Congress delegation, notably of the two Congress Vice-Presidents Jean-Claude Frecon (France, SOC) and Istvan Borbely (Hungary, EPP/CD), Gaye Doganoglu re-issued the invitation to the leaders of the opposition parties to meet with the delegation before 23 December.

Press contacts on the spot:

Renate Zikmund, Head of the Congress Division of Communication, International Relations and Election Observation,
tel. +33 6 59 78 64 55; renate.zikmund@coe.int

Council of Europe Office in Baku
Tel. +994 124 973 156 – 5 493, fax +994 124 972 395; fieldbaku@coe.int