“No rapporteur has been appointed, the issue is being considered,” they said.

PACE Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan Andres Herkel told APA that in the January session of the Assembly, the Bureau told the Political Affairs and Human Rights Committee to deal with the issue.

Political Affairs and Human Rights Committee told APA that they had not received any official appeal about it.
“Maybe we will receive such an appeal soon. If received, the issue can be included into the agenda of the Committee’s meeting to be held on March 23-24. The agenda is usually prepared two weeks before the meeting,” he said.

Head of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov told APA that the meeting of the Political Affairs and Human Rights Committee had not been held and regarded the reports about the appointment of rapporteur before the meeting as nonsense. He accused Council of Europe of using double standards concerning the initiative and underlined that Azerbaijan will review its relations with the Council of Europe, if the policy is continued.