Azerbaijan is taking its turn as the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and is attempting to put its own stamp on the body’s policy and pronouncements.
The foremost issue for Azerbaijan is Armenia’s continued occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding Azerbaijani provinces, which has led to an armed line with frequent shootings, over one million internally displaced persons, and incalculable human and property loss. So it was that when Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was in Strasbourg Tuesday to commemorate Azerbaijan taking over the Chairmanship, he marked out much of where that Chairmanship will be aimed.
Although he …read more
Source: CXSSR