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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Monitoring Committee appointed a new co-rapporteur for Azerbaijan, PACE Vice President and Azerbaijani PACE delegation head Samad Seyidov told Trend News over the telephone today.
“Joseph Debono Grech from Malta will become the new co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan. The voting passed objectively. We are pleased with this choice,” he said.
According to the official, Grech was elected co-rapporteur with 18 votes. Another candidate from Norway Lisa Christophersen received 12 votes. Seyidov said the date of the co-rapporteur’s visit to the region is unknown.
Grech will replace Eugenia Zhivkova who resigned from the post in June 2009.
