Public organizations were trying to convince me to make some kind of statement in PACE, to accuse Azerbaijan and individual MPs, said in an interview with Ukrainian portal "European truth" ex-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Anne Brasseur, commenting on the recent report on corruption in the organization.

The Observation Team of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has arrived in Baku for the April 11 presidential election, Stefan Schennach, PACE co-rapporteur for monitoring Azerbaijan and a member of the team, tweeted April 9.

A 33-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Viorel Riceard Badea (Romania, EPP/CD), will observe the presidential election in Azerbaijan on 11 April, alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said a message from PACE.

Paris will host meetings of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Bureau, Political Affairs and Democracy Committee, Monitoring Committee and Standing Committee from March 12 to March 16.

No visit of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs to Azerbaijan is planned at this stage, the PACE press office told Trend.

PACE co-rapporteurs on Azerbaijan plan to visit the country in the near future, PACE co-rapporteur Stefan Schennach said in a tweet.

The winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was held in Strasbourg, France, on January 22-26. Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, chairman of the parliamentary committee on international and interparliamentary relations Samad Seyidov says that the PACE session was fruitful from the point of view of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy.

A report on ‘Improvement of the international rules against the death penalty and trade in goods used during torture’ presented by member of Azerbaijani delegation Vusal Huseynov was heard and adopted at the PACE winter session Jan. 26.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) should abandon dual standards, Azerbaijani MP Ganira Pashayeva said at the PACE winter session in Strasbourg on Jan. 26.

The report of member of the Azerbaijani delegation, Sevinj Fataliyeva, titled “Protection of children affected during armed conflicts”, will be heard and discussed at the PACE winter session on Jan. 25.