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    PACE SPRING SESSION STARTS

    Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
    April 10 2006

    The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly started its spring
    session today.

    The correspondent of the Europe bureau of APA reports from the session
    that before the session PACE President Rene van der Linden held a press
    conference dedicated to the opening of the spring session. Informing
    abut the issues to be debated at the session, van der Linden also
    touched on the rerun of parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan. The
    PACE president said they focus their attention on the elections in
    Azerbaijan and added that this issue will be on the agenda of the
    summer session.

    "Azerbaijan is the member of PACE. We shall focus our attention on
    the rerun of parliamentary elections scheduled for May 13 and will be
    discussed at the summer session," Mr.van der Linden said. "Depending
    on the process of the elections, PACE might consider the issue on
    Azerbaijan delegation's mandate," he added.

    PACE president also touched on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

    Noting that both Azerbaijan and Armenia are Council of Europe member
    countries, Mr.van der Linden expressed interest in reaching a positive
    result in the negotiating process for the settlement of the conflict
    between the two countries.

    Saying that it is regrettable that the Presidents of the two countries
    could not reach an agreement at Rambouillet, van der Linden stressed
    the importance of the sides reaching a consensus to solve the problem.

    Commenting on changing of format of the talks, replacement of mediator
    OSCE Minsk Group with the Council of Europe, the PACE president did not
    consider it advisable to replace the OSCE Minsk Group with COE format.

    Then the spring session of PACE started. PACE President Rene van
    der Linden made an opening speech. Parliamentarian from the former
    Yugoslavia Igor Ivanovski presented his report on the conclusion of
    the bureau session. The report also touched on the re-elections in
    Azerbaijan. Mr.Ivanovski proposed to reconsider the number of the
    members of the Subcommittee on Nagorno Garabagh.
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