The European Council has extended the mandates of six EU special representatives (EUSRs), Trend reports citing the Council.

A peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be found at the negotiating table to prevent a grave humanitarian crisis, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, said, Trend reports citing the Council of Europe.

European Council will discuss situation with Nagorno-Karabakh conflict escalation during special meeting on October 1-2, 2020, Trend reports citing European Council.

On September 30, President of the European Council Charles Michel made a phone call to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

Head of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Azerbaijani Community Tural Ganjaliyev has said that Armenia continues its illegal activities in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and pursues the policy of annexation.

Armenia uses water resources in occupied territories as a means of environmental terror against the Azerbaijani population living near the frontline, Nagorno-Karabakh’s Azerbaijani Community has said in a letter sent to the Council of Europe.

Leaders of European Council, Eastern Partnership countries are to reiterate and confirm the strategic importance of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), Trend reports with reference to the European Council.

Azerbaijan has ranked 7th among the 50 member states of the Council of Europe, and 1st among the CIS countries according to the recent report of Group of States against Corruption, the Council of Europe's anti-corruption monitoring body.

The Council of Europe behaves like a bully, Director General of the Russian Institute of Political Studies, well-known Russian expert Sergey Markov told Trend.

Double standards and discrimination by the Council of Europe are applied to those who have their own opinion and don’t seek to imitate the so-called European “democracy”, Russian political observer, conflict expert Yevgeniy Mikhailov told Trend.