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    ISSUE OF MISSING PEOPLE IN AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA AND GEORGIA MAY BE INCLUDED IN PACE AGENDA - AZERI AMBASSADOR
    Author: A.Ismaylova

    TREND, Azerbaijan
    Oct 2 2006

    The Autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
    Europe (PACE) begins on October 2. The meeting will begin at 18:00
    Baku time, The Azerbaijani Ambassador in the Council of Europe Akshin
    Mehdiyev told Trend.

    The session will be opened by the President of PACE, Rene van der
    Linden. Later, it is planned to elect the Vice President of the
    Assembly, make changes to the composition of the Committees and
    organize debates on several issues. In addition, the Chairman of the
    Russian State, Duma Boris Grizlova, is expected to make a speech.

    According to the Ambassador, the priority of the second day of the
    session will be dedicated to the situation in the Balkans. For this
    topic, reports will be delivered by the Prime Minister of Albania,
    Sali Berish, Prime Minister of Croat, Iv Sandar and the Serbian
    President Boris Tadich. After dinner, discussions on the Balkans
    will continue. The second issue of this day will be the situation
    in Kosovo. Mehdiyev believes that this topic will be interesting
    for Azerbaijan.

    The Prime Minister of Hungary, Ferens Durchan, will make a speech at
    the session on 4 October. In addition, the Russian Foreign Minister
    Sergey Lavrov is expected to deliver a report. The issue of Kurds will
    also be discussed and Lord Russell Johnson will present a speech in
    this regard.

    The Ambassador stressed that there is a possibility that the statement
    of the PACE reporter for missing people in South Caucasus Leo Platvoet
    will be presented at the discussions on October 5.

    It should be mentioned that after his visit to Nagorno-Karabakh and
    Abkhazia, Leo Platvoet made a statement that it is possible to achieve
    progress on the issue of missing people in Azerbaijan, Armenia and
    Georgia. He came to the conclusion that the parties intend to engage
    in these issues not from a political, but humanitarian, point of view.

    Moreover, a center for victims of forced emigration and ethical
    cleansing will be created on October 5. The session will draw to a
    close on October 6.
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