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BAKU – A group of representatives of the Public Chamber, an Azerbaijani umbrella opposition group, met with the heads and representatives of the diplomatic missions on Friday.

OSCE Baku Office’s Head Ali Bilge Cankorel, Council of Europe Secretary General’s Special Representative to Azerbaijan Constantin Yerocostopoulos, Ambassador of the United Kingdom Caroline Brown, representatives of diplomatic representations of the European Union, Poland, Germany, US, France and Turkey attended the meeting.

Head of OSCE Baku Office Cankorel told journalists that the meeting was held on Public Chamber’s initiative. The "road map" elaborated by Public Chamber with intent of public dialog was discussed. They exchanged view on the other issues including Public Chamber’s rally scheduled to June 19.

Musavat Chairman Isa Gambar said that the meeting was very interesting: "We had comprehensive talk. The both sides expressed opinions and asked questions. I consider that it was a meeting which contributed to Azerbaijan’s integration into Europe and our country’s’ democratic development. We discussed the "road map", political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, problems of civil society, the education of opposition youths in European universities expelled from local universities".